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+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  hello_world_job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: A job to say hello
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: foo
+        uses: mudler/localai-github-action@v1
+        with:
+          model: 'hermes-2-theta-llama-3-8b' # Any from models.localai.io, or from huggingface.com with: "huggingface://<repository>/file"
+      - name: Greet
+        id: greet
+        run: |
+                input="Hello!"
+
+                # Define the LocalAI API endpoint
+                API_URL="http://localhost:8080/chat/completions"
+
+                # Create a JSON payload using jq to handle special characters
+                json_payload=$(jq -n --arg input "$input" '{
+                model: "'$MODEL_NAME'",
+                messages: [
+                    {
+                    role: "system",
+                    content: "You are a friendly companion"
+                    },
+                    {
+                    role: "user",
+                    content: $input
+                    }
+                ]
+                }')
+
+                # Send the request to LocalAI
+                response=$(curl -s -X POST $API_URL \
+                -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                -d "$json_payload")
+
+                # Extract the result from the response
+                result="$(echo $response | jq -r '.choices[0].message.content')"
+
+                # Print the result
+                echo "Result:"
+                echo "$result"
+                echo "payload sent"
+                echo "$json_payload"
+                {
+                    echo 'message<<EOF'
+                    echo "$result"
+                    echo EOF
+                } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+                # now the output can be consumed with ${{ steps.greet.outputs.message }} by other steps
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