going groq, using the free tier api

.gitignore

@@ -8,3 +8,10 @@ wheels/
 
 # Virtual environments
 .venv
+
+
+# dot env stuff
+
+.env
+.env.local
+*.env

pyproject.toml

@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ dependencies = [
     "fastmcp>=2.13.1",
     "feedparser>=6.0.12",
     "gradio[mcp,oauth]==6.0.0.dev4",
+    "groq>=0.36.0",
     "mcp>=1.20.0",
     "pytest>=9.0.1",
+    "python-dotenv>=1.2.1",
     "requests>=2.32.5",
     "tenacity>=9.1.2",
 ]

src/characters/corvus.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from groq import Groq
 
+
 class Corvus:
     def __init__(self, use_groq=True):
         self.name = "Corvus"

uv.lock

@@ -283,8 +283,10 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "fastmcp" },
     { name = "feedparser" },
     { name = "gradio", extra = ["mcp", "oauth"] },
+    { name = "groq" },
     { name = "mcp" },
     { name = "pytest" },
+    { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "requests" },
     { name = "tenacity" },
 ]
@@ -294,8 +296,10 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "fastmcp", specifier = ">=2.13.1" },
     { name = "feedparser", specifier = ">=6.0.12" },
     { name = "gradio", extras = ["mcp", "oauth"], specifier = "==6.0.0.dev4" },
+    { name = "groq", specifier = ">=0.36.0" },
     { name = "mcp", specifier = ">=1.20.0" },
     { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=9.0.1" },
+    { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.2.1" },
     { name = "requests", specifier = ">=2.32.5" },
     { name = "tenacity", specifier = ">=9.1.2" },
 ]
@@ -388,6 +392,15 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "distro"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/fc/f8/98eea607f65de6527f8a2e8885fc8015d3e6f5775df186e443e0964a11c3/distro-1.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2fa77c6fd8940f116ee1d6b94a2f90b13b5ea8d019b98bc8bafdcabcdd9bdbed", size = 60722, upload-time = "2023-12-24T09:54:32.31Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/12/b3/231ffd4ab1fc9d679809f356cebee130ac7daa00d6d6f3206dd4fd137e9e/distro-1.9.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7bffd925d65168f85027d8da9af6bddab658135b840670a223589bc0c8ef02b2", size = 20277, upload-time = "2023-12-24T09:54:30.421Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dnspython"
 version = "2.8.0"
@@ -582,6 +595,23 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/28/27/3d6dcadc8a3214d8522c1e7f6a19554e33659be44546d44a2f7572ac7d2a/groovy-0.1.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7f7975bab18c729a257a8b1ae9dcd70b7cafb1720481beae47719af57c35fa64", size = 14090, upload-time = "2025-02-28T20:24:55.152Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "groq"
+version = "0.36.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "anyio" },
+    { name = "distro" },
+    { name = "httpx" },
+    { name = "pydantic" },
+    { name = "sniffio" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/27/83/932f29aee838dac4ab77d5249c886159f88e157f925de214681cd54b0a1c/groq-0.36.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:766fa1ae34918552c6488767b16d4bd0ee3f0fb7809cd9f7760c90d13f32c63a", size = 144596, upload-time = "2025-11-20T02:30:05.446Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/27/79/28f295d5064750674014f50e3c2daf8dc233964c904d357ac2bd0e33fc31/groq-0.36.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ac7eeae31a5c2e76d30ea678f0b1a9168ff906c4440f5ec3a42ac74d5b4fdb3c", size = 137279, upload-time = "2025-11-20T02:30:04.336Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h11"
 version = "0.16.0"