Dapr Integrates LLMs Through Conversation Components

On Feb. 4, 2026, CNCF maintainer Siri Varma Vegiraju demonstrates using Dapr’s conversation building block to integrate multiple LLM providers like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google. The post shows how declaring LLMs as Dapr components centralizes authentication, retries, caching, and tool calls, and includes Java SDK examples and command steps. This simplifies switching providers and reduces provider-specific code for microservices.