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+# OpenAI Client Example
+
+This is a minimal example demonstrating how to use the OpenAI client to query an LLM endpoint and train a model with reinforcement learning using `verl`.
+
+The dataset used is **GSM8K**, and the model is **Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct**.
+The script can be run on a single **A100 80GB GPU**.
+
+
+## Quick Start
+
+First, start a Ray cluster with the following command.
+Replace `XXXXX` with your own Weights & Biases (wandb) API key.
+
+```bash
+ray stop
+env WANDB_API_KEY=XXXXX RAY_DEBUG=legacy HYDRA_FULL_ERROR=1 VLLM_USE_V1=1 ray start --head --dashboard-host=0.0.0.0
+```
+
+Then start the training:
+
+```bash
+python train.py
+```
+
+All LLM queries made by `gsm8k_agent` will be automatically recorded and used for training with the emitted rewards.
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+import random
+import re
+from typing import TypedDict, cast
+
+from datasets import load_dataset
+from openai import AsyncOpenAI
+
+import agentlightning as agl
+
+verl_config = {
+    "algorithm": {
+        "adv_estimator": "grpo",
+        "use_kl_in_reward": False,
+    },
+    "data": {
+        "train_batch_size": 64,
+        "max_prompt_length": 512,
+        "max_response_length": 1024,
+    },
+    "actor_rollout_ref": {
+        "rollout": {
+            "tensor_model_parallel_size": 1,
+            "n": 8,
+            "log_prob_micro_batch_size_per_gpu": 4,
+            "multi_turn": {"format": "hermes"},
+            "name": "vllm",
+            "gpu_memory_utilization": 0.6,
+            "engine_kwargs": {
+                "vllm": {
+                    "enable_auto_tool_choice": True,
+                    "tool_call_parser": "hermes",
+                }
+            },
+        },
+        "actor": {
+            "ppo_mini_batch_size": 32,
+            "ppo_micro_batch_size_per_gpu": 8,
+            "optim": {"lr": 1e-6},
+            "use_kl_loss": False,
+            "kl_loss_coef": 0.0,
+            "entropy_coeff": 0,
+            "clip_ratio_low": 0.2,
+            "clip_ratio_high": 0.28,
+            "fsdp_config": {
+                "param_offload": True,
+                "optimizer_offload": True,
+            },
+        },
+        "ref": {
+            "log_prob_micro_batch_size_per_gpu": 8,
+            "fsdp_config": {"param_offload": True},
+        },
+        "model": {
+            "path": "Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct",
+            "use_remove_padding": True,
+            "enable_gradient_checkpointing": True,
+        },
+    },
+    "trainer": {
+        "n_gpus_per_node": 1,
+        "val_before_train": True,
+        "critic_warmup": 0,
+        "logger": ["console", "wandb"],
+        "project_name": "AgentLightning",
+        "experiment_name": "mini_rl_gsm8k",
+        "nnodes": 1,
+        "save_freq": 500,
+        "test_freq": 25,
+        "total_epochs": 2,
+    },
+}
+
+
+class Gsm8kProblem(TypedDict):
+    question: str
+    answer: str
+
+
+prompt_template = """
+You are given the following question:
+
+{}
+
+Please think step by step and put your final answer after ####.
+
+Output example:
+
+<thinking process>
+#### <your answer>
+""".strip()
+
+
+@agl.rollout
+async def gsm8k_agent(task: Gsm8kProblem, llm: agl.LLM) -> None:
+    # Collect llm endpoint information
+    # Temperature will be different for rollout and validation.
+    model = llm.model
+    openai_base_url = llm.endpoint
+    temperature = llm.sampling_parameters.get("temperature", 1.0)
+
+    client = AsyncOpenAI(
+        api_key="dummy",
+        base_url=openai_base_url,
+    )
+    regex_pattern = r"####\s*(.+)(\s*|$)"
+
+    # Query LLM endpoint. All queries will be automatically tracked by LLM proxy
+    try:
+        prompt = prompt_template.format(task["question"])
+        messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
+        response = await client.chat.completions.create(
+            model=model,
+            temperature=temperature,
+            messages=messages,
+        )
+        last_message = response.choices[0].message.content
+
+        answer = re.search(regex_pattern, last_message)
+        if answer:
+            answer = answer.group(1)
+        else:
+            answer = last_message
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("Failure:", str(e))
+        last_message = "None"
+        answer = "None"
+    gt_answer = re.search(regex_pattern, task["answer"]).group(1)
+
+    # Exact matching for verifiable rewards
+    if gt_answer == answer:
+        reward = 1
+    else:
+        reward = 0
+
+    # This reward will be tracked automatically
+    agl.emit_reward(reward)
+
+    # Log some responses for better clarity
+    if random.random() < 0.01:
+        print(
+            f"--------\nQuestion: {task['question']}\nResponse: {last_message}\nGround Truth: {gt_answer}\nReward: {reward}\n"
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Create dataset for training and validation
+    ds = load_dataset("openai/gsm8k", "main")
+    train_dataset = cast(agl.Dataset[Gsm8kProblem], ds["train"].to_list())
+    val_dataset = cast(agl.Dataset[Gsm8kProblem], ds["test"].to_list())
+
+    algorithm = agl.VERL(verl_config)
+    # Number of agents launched in parallel to query the LLM.
+    # This parameter strongly affects throughput and efficiency:
+    # higher parallelism improves utilization but increases GPU overhead.
+    n_runners = 32
+    # This tracer is a dummy one, as currently tracing is done in the llm proxy part
+    tracer = agl.OtelTracer()
+    adapter = agl.LlmProxyTraceToTriplet()
+    # Set store=None to use managed store
+    trainer = agl.Trainer(algorithm=algorithm, n_runners=n_runners, store=None, tracer=tracer, adapter=adapter)
+
+    trainer.fit(gsm8k_agent, train_dataset, val_dataset=val_dataset)