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watsonx.ai Rerank

| Property | Details | |----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Description | watsonx.ai rerank integration | | Provider Route on LiteLLM | `watsonx/` | | Supported Operations | `/ml/v1/text/rerank` | | Link to Provider Doc | [IBM WatsonX.ai ↗](https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/watsonx-ai#text-rerank) |

Claude Code Knowledge Pack7/10/2026

Overview

watsonx.ai Rerank

Overview

PropertyDetails
Descriptionwatsonx.ai rerank integration
Provider Route on LiteLLMwatsonx/
Supported Operations/ml/v1/text/rerank
Link to Provider DocIBM WatsonX.ai ↗

Quick Start

LiteLLM SDK


from litellm import rerank

os.environ["WATSONX_APIKEY"] = "YOUR_WATSONX_APIKEY"
os.environ["WATSONX_API_BASE"] = "YOUR_WATSONX_API_BASE"
os.environ["WATSONX_PROJECT_ID"] = "YOUR_WATSONX_PROJECT_ID"

query="Best programming language for beginners?"
documents=[
    "Python is great for beginners due to simple syntax.",
    "JavaScript runs in browsers and is versatile.",
    "Rust has a steep learning curve but is very safe.",
]

response = rerank(
    model="watsonx/cross-encoder/ms-marco-minilm-l-12-v2",
    query=query,
    documents=documents,
    top_n=2,
    return_documents=True,
)

print(response)

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model_list:
  - model_name: cross-encoder/ms-marco-minilm-l-12-v2
    litellm_params:
      model: watsonx/cross-encoder/ms-marco-minilm-l-12-v2
      api_key: os.environ/WATSONX_APIKEY
      api_base: os.environ/WATSONX_API_BASE
      project_id: os.environ/WATSONX_PROJECT_ID