Error Message = Value error, Invalid Knowledge Configuration: Please provide an OpenAI API key. You can get one at https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys Source Code I am running my Ollama model on Runpod. from crewai import Agent, Crew, Process, Task, LLM from crewai.project import CrewBas…

same issue here when using ollama LLM with a knowledge source, keep getting asked for Open API key. Anyone manage to get to the bottom of this?

I’ve been asking the same question for a week now. Any help will be appreciated

Happy to see i m not the only one ! Happy to know the right approach if not s pure bug ?

not at all memory issue . it is embeder issue that trigger open AI per default instead running ollama. see String Knowledge sources not working with Gemini

Found a way to fix this. Use this approach. You can use a random/dummy API key for open ai API key env variable and then use the ChatOpenAI class instead of LLM class. It worked fine for me in local with the Ollama model os.environ[“OPENAI_API_KEY”] = “testapikey” llm_local = ChatOpenAI( model=“o…

CrewAI is not allowing the use of a knowledge source when using an Ollama-based LLM. It defaults to requiring an OpenAI API key, even though Ollama is correctly configure

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Another solution is mentioned here - Unable to Initiate Crew using Local Ollama

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