multimodal-agent 0.9.0

A Python multimodal agent for interacting with Gemini models via text, images, and CLI.

Multimodal-Agent

A lightweight, production-ready multimodal wrapper for Google Gemini with RAG, image input, JSON mode, project learning, session memory, and a clean CLI & server.

If you are using the free tier, you may encounter temporary errors such as:

• 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
• Quota exceeded
• Requests failing after several generations

This is expected behavior and not a bug in Multimodal Agent.

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Features

Core LLM Capabilities

• Flutter code generation (widgets, screens, models)
• Unified agent for text, image, and chat interactions
• Clean CLI : agent ask, agent image, agent chat, agent history, agent learn-project
• Supports Gemini 2.5-flash , 1.5-flash , and any future model (configurable)
• Automatic retry logic with exponential backoff
• Full offline mode support (FAKE_RESPONSE) when no API key is available
• Detailed usage logging : prompt, response, and total token counts

RAG + Memory

• Local SQLite RAGStore (no cloud dependency)
• Automatic memory saving of past chats
• Project learning: let the agent read source code & architecture
• Project introspection commands: learn-project, show-project, inspect-project

Configuration System

• User config stored at: ~/.multimodal_agent/config.yaml
• Configure models individually:
  • chat_model
  • image_model
  • embedding_model
• New CLI commands:
  • agent config set-model <model>
  • agent config set-image-model <model>
  • agent config set-embed-model <model>
  • agent config set-key <API_KEY>

Developer Experience

• pytest fixtures for offline/fake mode
• High test coverage rate
• Type-safe AgentResponse
• Extensible architecture
• Easy to embed into apps or scripts

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Installation

Install with pip

pip install multimodal-agent

Or local:

git clone https://github.com/horam/multimodal-agent.git
cd multimodal-agent
pip install -e .

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Configuration

Multimodal Agent uses a single source of truth for model selection via ~/.multimodal_agent/config.yaml.

Show current configuration:

agent config show

Set API key:

agent config set-key YOUR_KEY

Set chat model:

agent config set-model gemini-2.5-flash

Set image model:

agent config set-image-model gemini-1.5-flash

Set embedding model:

agent config set-embed-model text-embedding-004

Your config file after updates:

local_learning: true
chat_model: gemini-2.5-flash
image_model: gemini-2.0-flash
embedding_model: text-embedding-004
api_key: YOUR_KEY

Default configuration

chat_model: gemini-2.0-flash
image_model: gemini-2.0-flash
embedding_model: text-embedding-004

⚠️ Older models such as gemini-1.5-pro are no longer supported by the Gemini API and will cause 404 NOT_FOUND errors.

Always ensure your configured models exist in:

https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models

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CLI vs Server vs VS Code Extension

Multimodal Agent has three execution paths:

1. CLI (agent chat, agent ask)

• Talks directly to Gemini
• May continue working even if the server is failing
• Best for debugging and verification

2. HTTP Server (agent server)

• Acts as a bridge for the VS Code extension
• Enforces request timeouts
• Returns HTTP errors (400 / 429 / 500)

3. VS Code Extension

• Depends on the HTTP server
• Will show errors like:

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Quick Start

Text Question

agent ask "What is the capital of France?"

Disable RAG

agent ask "What is the capital of France?" --no-rag

JSON mode

agent ask "give me json" --json

Image + Text

agent image test.jpg "describe this"

Chat (with persistent memory)

agent chat

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History / Memory

Your memory DB lives at:

~/.multimodal_agent/memory.db

Show memory:

agent history show

Clear memory:

agent history clear

Summarize memory:

agent history summary

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Learning a Project

Let the agent scan and store a project summary:

agent learn-project my_app/

List learned projects:

agent list-projects

Show a specific project:

agent show-project project:my_app

Inspect project without saving:

agent inspect-project my_app/

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VS Code Extension (Pre-Release)

Until v1.0.0, the VS Code extension is available via manual install.

Install from source

git clone https://github.com/horam/multimodal-agent.git
cd multimodal-agent/vscode-extension
npm install
npm run build
code --install-extension multimodal-agent-*.vsix

Python API Example

from multimodal_agent.core.agent_core import MultiModalAgent

agent = MultiModalAgent()

resp = agent.ask("Explain quantum computing")
print(resp.text)
print(resp.usage)

Image example:

from multimodal_agent.utils import load_image_as_part

img = load_image_as_part("cat.jpg")
resp = agent.ask_with_image("describe this", img)
print(resp.text)

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Server Mode

Start:

agent server

Runs at:

http://127.0.0.1:8000

API Reference (v0.6.0)

POST /ask

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/ask \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"prompt": "hello"}'

Response:

{
  "text": "hello",
  "data": null,
  "usage": { "prompt_tokens": 44, "response_tokens": 3, "total_tokens": 553 }
}

POST /ask_with_image

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/ask_with_image \
  -F "file=@test.jpg" \
  -F "prompt=describe this"

v0.6.0 Better Error Handling

Failures now return:

{
  "text": "Image processing failed: 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED ...",
  "data": null,
  "usage": {},
  "error": true
}

Never returns text: null.

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POST /generate

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/generate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"prompt": "give me json", "json": true}'

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POST /memory/search

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/memory/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "hello"}'

Response:

{
  "results": [
    [0.98, { "id": 1, "content": "hello", "role": "user" }]
  ]
}

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POST /learn/project

Returns a structured project profile:

{
  "status": "ok",
  "project_id": "project:rope_simulation_using_flutter",
  "profile": {
    "package_name": "rope_simulation_using_flutter",
    "architecture": {
      "patterns": ["feature_first"],
      "state_management": []
    },
    "dart_files_count": 3,
    "widget_files_count": 2
  }
}

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Architecture Overview

multimodal_agent/
    core/          # Main agent logic
    rag/           # SQLite vector store
    cli/           # CLI commands (`agent`)
    server/        # FastAPI server implementation
    utils/         # helpers

Memory schema:

sessions      # chat sessions
chunks        # tokenized fragments
embeddings    # vector embeddings
projects      # project profiles (v0.6.0)

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Flutter Code Generation (v0.8.0)

The agent can generate fully functional Flutter files directly inside your project.

You must run commands from within a Flutter project (containing pubspec.yaml).

Generated files are written to:

lib/widgets/
lib/screens/
lib/models/

Generate a Flutter Widget

Stateless widget

agent gen widget HomeCard

Stateful widget

agent gen widget CoolCounter --stateful

Example output

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class CoolCounter extends StatefulWidget {
  const CoolCounter({super.key});

  @override
  State<CoolCounter> createState() => _CoolCounterState();
}

class _CoolCounterState extends State<CoolCounter> {
  int _counter = 0;

  void _incrementCounter() {
    setState(() => _counter++);
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Text('$_counter');
  }
}

Generate a Screen

agent gen screen SettingsScreen

Every screen is a StatelessWidget with:

• Scaffold
• AppBar
• Centered placeholder body

Generate a Dart Model

agent gen model UserProfile

Generated model includes:

• final fields
• const constructor
• copyWith
• fromJson / toJson
• toString

Example

class UserProfile {
  final String name;
  final int age;

  const UserProfile({required this.name, required this.age});

  UserProfile copyWith({String? name, int? age}) =>
      UserProfile(name: name ?? this.name, age: age ?? this.age);

  factory UserProfile.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) =>
      UserProfile(name: json['name'], age: json['age']);

  Map<String, dynamic> toJson() => {'name': name, 'age': age};
}

Naming Rules (Class + File Names)

sanitize_class_name()

Input → Class Name

Input	Output
my widget	MyWidget
my-widget	MyWidget
my_widget	MyWidget
123widget	W123widget
my@bad#name	MyBadName

to_snake_case() Input → snake_case

Input	Output
MyWidget	my_widget
MyWidgetScreen	my_widget_screen
my widget	my_widget
my@invalid-name	myinvalid_name

Offline Mode (No API Key)

If no API key is configured:

Text mode

FAKE_RESPONSE: <your prompt>

JSON mode

text contains JSON string

data is None (tests enforce this)

Example:

{"message": "hello"}

This is intended for CI and local testing.

Config

Show config:

agent config show

Set models:

agent config set-model gemini-2.5-flash
agent config set-image-model gemini-vision
agent config set-embed-model gemini-embed

Formatting Engine (v0.4.0+)

• Detects JSON, XML, HTML, code, python, kotlin, dart, js, swift …
• Pretty-prints output
• Auto-wraps in fenced code blocks
• Optional in agent.ask(formatted=True)

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Running Tests

make test
make coverage

This includes:

• RAG tests
• CLI tests
• JSON mode tests
• Fake mode (offline)
• Config isolation
• SQLite operations
• Code generation

Troubleshooting

Error: 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED

Cause:

• Gemini API free-tier quota exceeded

Solution:

• Wait for quota reset (usually within 24 hours)
• Or upgrade your Gemini API plan

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Error: 404 NOT_FOUND (model)

Cause:

• Using a deprecated or unsupported Gemini model

Solution:

• Update chat_model in config.yaml
• Restart the agent server

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CLI works but VS Code extension fails

Cause:

• Server timeout or quota exhaustion

Solution:

• Check server logs
• Prefer CLI while quota resets

Roadmap

• Local LLM mode

• Plugin architecture for custom code generators

• Automatic quota detection

• Model failover (Flash → Flash Lite → Local)

• Graceful server fallback when quota is exhausted

• Extension-side retry & clearer diagnostics

License

MIT License.

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