Groq

Access 9 Groq models through Mastra's model router. Authentication is handled automatically using the GROQ_API_KEY environment variable.

Learn more in the Groq documentation.

.env

GROQ_API_KEY=your-api-key

src/mastra/agents/my-agent.ts

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

const agent = new Agent({
  id: "my-agent",
  name: "My Agent",
  instructions: "You are a helpful assistant",
  model: "groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant"
});

// 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);
}

Models

9 available models

Model	Context	Tools	Reasoning	Image	Audio	Video	Input $/1M	Output $/1M
groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant	131K						$0.05	$0.08
groq/llama-3.3-70b-versatile	131K						$0.59	$0.79
groq/meta-llama/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct	131K						$0.20	$0.60
groq/meta-llama/llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct	131K						$0.11	$0.34
groq/meta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b	131K						$0.20	$0.20
groq/moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905	262K						$1	$3
groq/openai/gpt-oss-120b	131K						$0.15	$0.60
groq/openai/gpt-oss-20b	131K						$0.07	$0.30
groq/qwen/qwen3-32b	131K						$0.29	$0.59

Advanced Configuration

Custom Headers

src/mastra/agents/my-agent.ts

const agent = new Agent({
  id: "custom-agent",
  name: "custom-agent",
  model: {
    url: "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1",
    id: "groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant",
    apiKey: process.env.GROQ_API_KEY,
    headers: {
      "X-Custom-Header": "value"
    }
  }
});

Dynamic Model Selection

src/mastra/agents/my-agent.ts

const agent = new Agent({
  id: "dynamic-agent",
  name: "Dynamic Agent",
  model: ({ requestContext }) => {
    const useAdvanced = requestContext.task === "complex";
    return useAdvanced
      ? "groq/qwen/qwen3-32b"
      : "groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant";
  }
});

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

npm install @ai-sdk/groq

pnpm

pnpm add @ai-sdk/groq

Yarn

yarn add @ai-sdk/groq

Bun

bun add @ai-sdk/groq

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