How to use "Bedtime story teller" example?

[ks5084]

My new UNO Q is is working perfectly.

I am interested in trying this bedtime story teller example shown in the AppLab Can you tell me step by step what should I do..?

[ptillisch]

Hi @ks5084.

@ks5084

My new UNO Q is is working perfectly.

Nice!

@ks5084

I am interested in trying this bedtime story teller example shown in the AppLab Can you tell me step by step what should I do..?

Please try this:

1. Start Arduino App Lab, and connect it to the UNO Q board if you are using the board in single-board computer (SBC) mode.
2. Navigate to the "Examples" view in Arduino App Lab.
3. Select "Bedtime story teller" from the list of example Apps.
4. You will now see the documentation for the example in the main panel of the Arduino App Lab window. Carefully follow the instructions there.

If you have any questions or problems while following those instructions, just reply here on the forum topic with a detailed description of what you encountered. We'll be happy to provide further assistance as needed.

[ks5084]

I have successfully put the UNO Q in SBC Mode. I wanted to try the bedtime story teller . When I tried to run it says Action Required . Cloud LLM requires mandatory configuration to RUN. What is this and can you explain what I should do next..?

[ptillisch]

You must follow the instructions that are shown in the main panel of the Arduino App Lab window:

2. Open Brick Configuration

   On the App page, locate the Bricks section on the left. Click on the Cloud LLM Brick, then click the Brick Configuration button on the right side of the screen.

   

3. Add API Key

   In the configuration panel, enter your API Key into the corresponding field. This securely saves your credentials for the App to use. You can generate an API key from your preferred provider:

   • Google Gemini: Get API Key
   • OpenAI GPT: Get API Key
   • Anthropic Claude: Get API Key
   

   Note: You need to modify the python sketch to fit which provider you choose. See the 'Understanding the Code' section.

[...]

Understanding the Code

Backend (main.py)

The Python script handles the logic of connecting to the AI and managing the data flow. Note that the API Key is not hardcoded; it is retrieved automatically from the Brick configuration.

• Initialization: The CloudLLM is set up with a system prompt that enforces HTML formatting for the output. The CloudModel constants map to specific efficient model versions:
  • CloudModel.GOOGLE_GEMINI → gemini-2.5-flash
  • CloudModel.OPENAI_GPT → gpt-4o-mini
  • CloudModel.ANTHROPIC_CLAUDE → claude-3-7-sonnet-latest

# The API Key is loaded automatically from the Brick Configuration
llm = CloudLLM(
    model=CloudModel.GOOGLE_GEMINI,
    system_prompt="You are a bedtime story teller. Your response must be the story itself, formatted directly in HTML..."
)
llm.with_memory()

Please carefully read and follow the instructions that are shown in the main panel of the Arduino App Lab window. If you have any questions or problems while following those instructions, just reply here on the forum topic with a detailed description of what you encountered. We'll be happy to provide further assistance as needed.

[ks5084]

I generated OpenAI API but the main.py shows cloud model Gemini only. It did not work with OpenAI API. Then I generated API with Gemini. I was thrilled to see it worked perfectly. Thank you for your support..

[ptillisch]

@ks5084

the main.py shows cloud model Gemini only

You are free to edit the contents of main.py as needed. As the instructions in the readme say, if you want to use OpenAI, then you would change this line in the main.py code:

model=CloudModel.GOOGLE_GEMINI,

to this:

model=CloudModel.OPENAI_GPT,

@ks5084

I was thrilled to see it worked perfectly.

Great news! Congratulations on getting it working.