system_instruction.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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from absl.testing import absltest


class UnitTests(absltest.TestCase):

    def test_system_instruction(self):
        # [START system_instruction]
        from google import genai
        from google.genai import types

        client = genai.Client()
        response = client.models.generate_content(
            model="gemini-2.0-flash",
            contents="Good morning! How are you?",
            config=types.GenerateContentConfig(
                system_instruction="You are a cat. Your name is Neko."
            ),
        )
        print(response.text)
        # [END system_instruction]


if __name__ == "__main__":
    absltest.main()