Groq

Access 17 Groq models through Mastra's model router. Authentication is handled automatically using the GROQ_API_KEY environment variable.

Learn more in the Groq documentation.

GROQ_API_KEY=your-api-key

import { Agent } from "@mastra/core";

const agent = new Agent({
  name: "my-agent",
  instructions: "You are a helpful assistant",
  model: "groq/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b"
});

// Generate a response
const response = await agent.generate("Hello!");

// Stream a response
const stream = await agent.stream("Tell me a story");
for await (const chunk of stream) {
  console.log(chunk);
}

info

Mastra uses the OpenAI-compatible /chat/completions endpoint. Some provider-specific features may not be available. Check the Groq documentation for details.

Models

Model	Image	Audio	Video	Tools	Streaming	Context Window
groq/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	131,072
groq/gemma2-9b-it	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	8,192
groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	131,072
groq/llama-3.3-70b-versatile	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	131,072
groq/llama-guard-3-8b	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	8,192
groq/llama3-70b-8192	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	8,192
groq/llama3-8b-8192	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	8,192
groq/meta-llama/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	131,072
groq/meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	131,072
groq/meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	131,072
groq/mistral-saba-24b	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	32,768
groq/moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	131,072
groq/moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	262,144
groq/openai/gpt-oss-120b	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	131,072
groq/openai/gpt-oss-20b	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	131,072
groq/qwen-qwq-32b	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	131,072
groq/qwen/qwen3-32b	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	131,072

Advanced Configuration

Custom Headers

const agent = new Agent({
  name: "custom-agent",
  model: {
    url: "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1",
    id: "groq/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b",
    apiKey: process.env.GROQ_API_KEY,
    headers: {
      "X-Custom-Header": "value"
    }
  }
});

Dynamic Model Selection

const agent = new Agent({
  name: "dynamic-agent",
  model: ({ runtimeContext }) => {
    const useAdvanced = runtimeContext.task === "complex";
    return useAdvanced
      ? "groq/qwen/qwen3-32b"
      : "groq/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b";
  }
});

Direct Provider Installation

This provider can also be installed directly as a standalone package, which can be used instead of the Mastra model router string. View the package documentation for more details.

npm install @ai-sdk/groq

For detailed provider-specific documentation, see the AI SDK Groq provider docs.