# Hello Google GenAI
An example demonstrating running flows using the Google GenAI plugin.
## Setup environment
Obtain an API key from [ai.dev](https://ai.dev).
Export the API key as env variable `GEMINI\_API\_KEY` in your shell
configuration.
```bash
export GEMINI_API_KEY='<Your api key>'
```
## Run the sample
```bash
genkit start -- uv run src/google_genai_hello.py
```