Overview

FireworksLLMService provides access to Fireworks AI’s language models through an OpenAI-compatible interface. It inherits from OpenAILLMService and supports streaming responses, function calling, and context management.

Installation

To use Fireworks AI services, install the required dependency:

pip install "pipecat-ai[fireworks]"

You’ll also need to set up your Fireworks API key as an environment variable: FIREWORKS_API_KEY.

Get your API key from Fireworks AI Console.

Frames

Input

  • OpenAILLMContextFrame - Conversation context and history
  • LLMMessagesFrame - Direct message list
  • VisionImageRawFrame - Images for vision processing
  • LLMUpdateSettingsFrame - Runtime parameter updates

Output

  • LLMFullResponseStartFrame / LLMFullResponseEndFrame - Response boundaries
  • LLMTextFrame - Streamed completion chunks
  • FunctionCallInProgressFrame / FunctionCallResultFrame - Function call lifecycle
  • ErrorFrame - API or processing errors

Function Calling

Function Calling Guide

Learn how to implement function calling with standardized schemas, register handlers, manage context properly, and control execution flow in your conversational AI applications.

Context Management

Context Management Guide

Learn how to manage conversation context, handle message history, and integrate context aggregators for consistent conversational experiences.

Usage Example

import os
from pipecat.services.fireworks.llm import FireworksLLMService
from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
from pipecat.adapters.schemas.function_schema import FunctionSchema
from pipecat.adapters.schemas.tools_schema import ToolsSchema

# Configure Fireworks service
llm = FireworksLLMService(
    api_key=os.getenv("FIREWORKS_API_KEY"),
    model="accounts/fireworks/models/firefunction-v2",  # Optimized for function calling
    params=FireworksLLMService.InputParams(
        temperature=0.7,
        max_tokens=1000
    )
)

# Define function for tool calling
weather_function = FunctionSchema(
    name="get_current_weather",
    description="Get current weather information",
    properties={
        "location": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "City and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA"
        },
        "format": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": ["celsius", "fahrenheit"],
            "description": "Temperature unit to use"
        }
    },
    required=["location", "format"]
)

tools = ToolsSchema(standard_tools=[weather_function])

# Create context
context = OpenAILLMContext(
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "system",
            "content": """You are a helpful assistant optimized for voice interactions.
            Keep responses concise and avoid special characters for audio output."""
        }
    ],
    tools=tools
)

# Create context aggregators
context_aggregator = llm.create_context_aggregator(context)

# Register function handler with feedback
async def fetch_weather(params):
    location = params.arguments["location"]
    await params.result_callback({"conditions": "sunny", "temperature": "75°F"})

llm.register_function("get_current_weather", fetch_weather)

# Optional: Add function call feedback
@llm.event_handler("on_function_calls_started")
async def on_function_calls_started(service, function_calls):
    await tts.queue_frame(TTSSpeakFrame("Let me check on that."))

# Use in pipeline
pipeline = Pipeline([
    transport.input(),
    stt,
    context_aggregator.user(),
    llm,
    tts,
    transport.output(),
    context_aggregator.assistant()
])

Metrics

Inherits all OpenAI metrics capabilities:

  • Time to First Byte (TTFB) - Response latency measurement
  • Processing Duration - Total request processing time
  • Token Usage - Prompt tokens, completion tokens, and totals

Enable with:

task = PipelineTask(
    pipeline,
    params=PipelineParams(
        enable_metrics=True,
        enable_usage_metrics=True
    )
)

Additional Notes

  • OpenAI Compatibility: Full compatibility with OpenAI API features and parameters
  • Function Calling: Specialized firefunction models optimized for tool use
  • Cost Effective: Competitive pricing for open-source model inference