Why Groq
Groq runs open-weight models on custom LPU silicon and posts the lowest latency numbers in the industry. For agents where the round-trip matters more than the marginal quality (voice, real-time triage, latency-bound UX), Groq is hard to beat. The model catalogue is curated rather than comprehensive.
Models worth knowing about
premium
llama-3.3-70b-versatile
General coordinator
fast
llama-3.1-8b-instant
Sub-100ms triage
Strengths
- Lowest end-to-end latency in the industry
- OpenAI-compatible API
- Predictable per-token cost
- Excellent for voice and real-time UX
Worth knowing
- No first-class entry in the credential catalog yet, configure via inline env template
- Curated model catalogue, no Anthropic or OpenAI models
- Quality matches the underlying open-weight model
- Rate limits exist but are generous in 2026
Drop into your app.yaml
agent brain block
1brain:2 provider: openai_compat3 model: llama-3.3-70b-versatile4 config:5 base_url: "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1"6 api_key: "{{env.GROQ_API_KEY}}"⚡ Inline config (catalog support pending)
Groqdoesn't have a first-class catalog entry yet. Configure it inline using env templates, the same way the blog examples show. Native catalog support is on the roadmap.
GROQ_API_KEYGroq Cloud API key# add to ~/.digitorn/.env
GROQ_API_KEY=...Run one in 5 minutes
Install Digitorn and chat with your Groq agent
# 1. install the runtime
curl -sSL https://digitorn.ai/install | sh
# 2. drop your Groq key in the env file
echo 'GROQ_API_KEY=...' >> ~/.digitorn/.env
# 3. install a starter agent and chat
digitorn install hub://digitorn/digitorn-code
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