byllm 0.4.21
byLLM Provides Easy to use APIs for different LLM Providers to be used with Jaseci's Jaclang Programming Language.
Requires Python: >=3.11
Keywords: llm, jaclang, jaseci, byLLM

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  [About byLLM] | [Quick Start & Tutorials] | [Full Reference] | [Research Paper]
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[About byLLM]: https://www.byllm.ai
[Quick Start & Tutorials]: https://docs.jaseci.org/tutorials/ai/quickstart/
[Full Reference]: https://docs.jaseci.org/reference/plugins/byllm/
[Research Paper]: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3763092

# byLLM : Prompt Less, Smile More!

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byLLM is an innovative AI integration framework built for the Jaseci ecosystem, implementing the cutting-edge Meaning Typed Programming (MTP) paradigm. MTP revolutionizes AI integration by embedding prompt engineering directly into code semantics, making AI interactions more natural and maintainable. While primarily designed to complement the Jac programming language, byLLM also provides a powerful Python library interface.

Installation is simple via PyPI:

```bash
pip install byllm
```

## Basic Example

Consider building an application that translates english to other languages using an LLM. This can be simply built as follows:

```python
import from byllm.lib { Model }

glob llm = Model(model_name="gpt-4o");

def translate_to(language: str, phrase: str) -> str by llm();

with entry {
    output = translate_to(language="Welsh", phrase="Hello world");
    print(output);
}
```

This simple piece of code replaces traditional prompt engineering without introducing additional complexity.

## Power of Types with LLMs

Consider a program that detects the personality type of a historical figure from their name. This can eb built in a way that LLM picks from an enum and the output strictly adhere this type.

```python
import from byllm.lib { Model }
glob llm = Model(model_name="gemini/gemini-2.0-flash");

enum Personality {
    INTROVERT, EXTROVERT, AMBIVERT
}

def get_personality(name: str) -> Personality by llm();

with entry {
    name = "Albert Einstein";
    result = get_personality(name);
    print(f"{result} personality detected for {name}");
}
```

> Similarly, custom types can be used as output types which force the LLM to adhere to the specified type and produce a valid result.

## Control! Control! Control!

Even if we are elimination prompt engineering entierly, we allow specific ways to enrich code semantics through **docstrings** and **semstrings**.

```python
"""Represents the personal record of a person"""
obj Person {
    has name: str;
    has dob: str;
    has ssn: str;
}

sem Person.name = "Full name of the person";
sem Person.dob = "Date of Birth";
sem Person.ssn = "Last four digits of the Social Security Number of a person";

"""Calculate eligibility for various services based on person's data."""
def check_eligibility(person: Person, service_type: str) -> bool by llm();

```

Docstrings naturally enhance the semantics of their associated code constructs, while the `sem` keyword provides an elegant way to enrich the meaning of class attributes and function arguments. Our research shows these concise semantic strings are more effective than traditional multi-line prompts.

## Configuration

### Project-wide Configuration (jac.toml)

Configure byLLM behavior globally using `jac.toml`:

```toml
[plugins.byllm]
system_prompt = "You are a helpful assistant..."

[plugins.byllm.model]
default_model = "gpt-4o-mini"

[plugins.byllm.call_params]
temperature = 0.7
```

This enables centralized control over:

- System prompts across all LLM calls
- Default model selection
- Common parameters like temperature

### Custom Model Endpoints

Connect to custom or self-hosted models:

```jac
import from byllm.lib { Model }

glob llm = Model(
    model_name="custom-model",
    config={
        "api_base": "https://your-endpoint.com/v1/chat/completions",
        "api_key": "your_key",
        "http_client": True
    }
);
```

## How well does byLLM work?

byLLM is built using the underline priciple of Meaning Typed Programming and we shown our evaluation data compared with two such AI integration frameworks for python, such as DSPy and LMQL. We show significant performance gain against LMQL while allowing on par or better performance to DSPy, while reducing devloper complexity upto 10x.

**Full Documentation**: [Jac byLLM Documentation](https://www.jac-lang.org/learn/jac-byllm/with_llm/)

**Complete Examples**: [Jac Examples Gallery](https://docs.jaseci.org/tutorials/examples/)

**Research**: The research journey of MTP is available on [ACM Digital Library](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3763092) and published at OOPSLA 2025.

## Quick Links

- [Getting Started Guide](https://www.jac-lang.org/learn/jac-byllm/quickstart/)
- [Jac Language Documentation](https://www.jac-lang.org/)
- [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/jaseci-labs/jaseci)

## Contributing

We welcome contributions to byLLM! Whether you're fixing bugs, improving documentation, or adding new features, your help is appreciated.

Areas we actively seek contributions:

- Bug fixes and improvements
- Documentation enhancements
- New examples and tutorials
- Test cases and benchmarks

Please see our [Contributing Guide](https://www.jac-lang.org/internals/contrib/) for detailed instructions.

If you find a bug or have a feature request, please [open an issue](https://github.com/jaseci-labs/jaseci/issues/new/choose).

## Community

Join our vibrant community:

- [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/6j3QNdtcN6) - Chat with the team and community

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

### Third-Party Dependencies

byLLM integrates with various LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.) through LiteLLM.

## Cite our research

> Jayanaka L. Dantanarayana, Yiping Kang, Kugesan Sivasothynathan, Christopher Clarke, Baichuan Li, Savini
Kashmira, Krisztian Flautner, Lingjia Tang, and Jason Mars. 2025. MTP: A Meaning-Typed Language Ab-
straction for AI-Integrated Programming. Proc. ACM Program. Lang. 9, OOPSLA2, Article 314 (October 2025),
29 pages. [https://doi.org/10.1145/3763092](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3763092)

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