diff --git a/.github/workflows/typecheck.yml b/.github/workflows/typecheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ea67b297edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/typecheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Typecheck
+
+# If a pull-request is pushed then cancel all previously running jobs related
+# to that pull-request
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - master
+
+env:
+  PY_COLORS: 1
+
+jobs:
+  typecheck:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Install poetry
+        run: pipx install poetry
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5.0.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - run: poetry install
+      - name: Run mypy
+        # for some strange reason, the config specified in pyproject.toml is not respected
+        run: poetry run mypy . --ignore-missing-imports
diff --git a/cookbook/benchmark/eval_suites_mlflow_autoevals/auto_evals.py b/cookbook/benchmark/eval_suites_mlflow_autoevals/auto_evals.py
index 94682793aa03..4be45c50f438 100644
--- a/cookbook/benchmark/eval_suites_mlflow_autoevals/auto_evals.py
+++ b/cookbook/benchmark/eval_suites_mlflow_autoevals/auto_evals.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # use the auto eval Factuality() evaluator
 
 print("calling evaluator")
-evaluator = Factuality()
+evaluator = Factuality()  # type: ignore
 result = evaluator(
     output=response.choices[0]["message"][
         "content"
diff --git a/cookbook/litellm-ollama-docker-image/test.py b/cookbook/litellm-ollama-docker-image/test.py
index 977bd36993e0..d344933ea028 100644
--- a/cookbook/litellm-ollama-docker-image/test.py
+++ b/cookbook/litellm-ollama-docker-image/test.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import openai
+from litellm import completion
 
-api_base = f"http://0.0.0.0:8000"
+api_base = "http://0.0.0.0:8000"
 
-openai.api_base = api_base
+openai.base_url = api_base
 openai.api_key = "temp-key"
-print(openai.api_base)
+print(openai.base_url)
 
 
-print(f"LiteLLM: response from proxy with streaming")
-response = openai.ChatCompletion.create(
+print("LiteLLM: response from proxy with streaming")
+response = completion(
     model="ollama/llama2",
     messages=[
         {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 for chunk in response:
     print(f"LiteLLM: streaming response from proxy {chunk}")
 
-response = openai.ChatCompletion.create(
+response = completion(
     model="ollama/llama2",
     messages=[
         {
diff --git a/litellm/py.typed b/litellm/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 201031989f22..f68d8fbbd474 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.0 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aiohttp"
@@ -317,6 +317,70 @@ files = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cffi"
+version = "1.16.0"
+description = "Foreign Function Interface for Python calling C code."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
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+
+[package.dependencies]
+pycparser = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "charset-normalizer"
 version = "3.3.2"
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+version = "41.0.7"
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+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
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+[package.dependencies]
+cffi = ">=1.12"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["sphinx (>=5.3.0)", "sphinx-rtd-theme (>=1.1.1)"]
+docstest = ["pyenchant (>=1.6.11)", "sphinxcontrib-spelling (>=4.0.1)", "twine (>=1.12.0)"]
+nox = ["nox"]
+pep8test = ["black", "check-sdist", "mypy", "ruff"]
+sdist = ["build"]
+ssh = ["bcrypt (>=3.1.5)"]
+test = ["pretend", "pytest (>=6.2.0)", "pytest-benchmark", "pytest-cov", "pytest-xdist"]
+test-randomorder = ["pytest-randomly"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "distro"
 version = "1.9.0"
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+description = "Optional static typing for Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
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+    {file = "mypy-1.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6ff8b244d7085a0b425b56d327b480c3b29cafbd2eff27316a004f9a7391ae07"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+mypy-extensions = ">=1.0.0"
+tomli = {version = ">=1.1.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+typing-extensions = ">=4.1.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+dmypy = ["psutil (>=4.0)"]
+install-types = ["pip"]
+mypyc = ["setuptools (>=50)"]
+reports = ["lxml"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mypy-extensions"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -1258,8 +1414,8 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 numpy = [
     {version = ">=1.20.3", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""},
-    {version = ">=1.21.0", markers = "python_version >= \"3.10\" and python_version < \"3.11\""},
     {version = ">=1.23.2", markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\""},
+    {version = ">=1.21.0", markers = "python_version >= \"3.10\" and python_version < \"3.11\""},
 ]
 python-dateutil = ">=2.8.2"
 pytz = ">=2020.1"
@@ -1504,6 +1660,17 @@ files = [
     {file = "pycodestyle-2.11.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:41ba0e7afc9752dfb53ced5489e89f8186be00e599e712660695b7a75ff2663f"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pycparser"
+version = "2.21"
+description = "C parser in Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
+files = [
+    {file = "pycparser-2.21-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8ee45429555515e1f6b185e78100aea234072576aa43ab53aefcae078162fca9"},
+    {file = "pycparser-2.21.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e644fdec12f7872f86c58ff790da456218b10f863970249516d60a5eaca77206"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pydantic"
 version = "2.5.3"
@@ -2447,6 +2614,93 @@ notebook = ["ipywidgets (>=6)"]
 slack = ["slack-sdk"]
 telegram = ["requests"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "types-pyopenssl"
+version = "23.3.0.20240106"
+description = "Typing stubs for pyOpenSSL"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "types-pyOpenSSL-23.3.0.20240106.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3d6f3462bec0c260caadf93fbb377225c126661b779c7d9ab99b6dad5ca10db9"},
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+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+cryptography = ">=35.0.0"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "types-pyyaml"
+version = "6.0.12.12"
+description = "Typing stubs for PyYAML"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "types-PyYAML-6.0.12.12.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:334373d392fde0fdf95af5c3f1661885fa10c52167b14593eb856289e1855062"},
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+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "types-redis"
+version = "4.6.0.20240106"
+description = "Typing stubs for redis"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "types-redis-4.6.0.20240106.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2b2fa3a78f84559616242d23f86de5f4130dfd6c3b83fb2d8ce3329e503f756e"},
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+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+cryptography = ">=35.0.0"
+types-pyOpenSSL = "*"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "types-requests"
+version = "2.31.0.20240106"
+description = "Typing stubs for requests"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "types-requests-2.31.0.20240106.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0e1c731c17f33618ec58e022b614a1a2ecc25f7dc86800b36ef341380402c612"},
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+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+urllib3 = ">=2"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "types-setuptools"
+version = "69.0.0.20240115"
+description = "Typing stubs for setuptools"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "types-setuptools-69.0.0.20240115.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1a9c863899f40cbe2053d0cd1d00ddef0330b492335467d018f73c1fec9462a3"},
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+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "types-tabulate"
+version = "0.9.0.20240106"
+description = "Typing stubs for tabulate"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "types-tabulate-0.9.0.20240106.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c9b6db10dd7fcf55bd1712dd3537f86ddce72a08fd62bb1af4338c7096ce947e"},
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+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "types-waitress"
+version = "2.1.4.20240106"
+description = "Typing stubs for waitress"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "types-waitress-2.1.4.20240106.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:65a7240a0771032b2aa073d09f63020aa594c7d84e05b6fefe354ef6f2c47fc2"},
+    {file = "types_waitress-2.1.4.20240106-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0a608efb7769cff76affa2c9173e5081be95b5dc137677e43fbd826bbf333fe4"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "4.9.0"
@@ -2707,4 +2961,4 @@ proxy = ["backoff", "fastapi", "gunicorn", "orjson", "pyyaml", "rq", "uvicorn"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<3.9.7 || >3.9.7"
-content-hash = "278a2a51c69def54039507f26f0d8f2da156384369a85bac47c82c7b27f04c5a"
+content-hash = "dadaa9ed0edb663b95ec100e705da7b4f50fd594e3b9e5747c9193cb8ac7b763"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d8638bd4b4ba..d580b1726fb6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
+packages = [
+    { include = "litellm" }
+]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8.1,<3.9.7 || >3.9.7"
@@ -55,6 +58,14 @@ litellm = 'litellm:run_server'
 flake8 = "^6.1.0"
 black = "^23.12.0"
 pytest = "^7.4.3"
+mypy = "^1.8.0"
+
+types-requests = "^2.31.0.20240106"
+types-redis = "^4.6.0.20240106"
+types-tabulate = "^0.9.0.20240106"
+types-waitress = "^2.1.4.20240106"
+types-pyyaml = "^6.0.12.12"
+types-setuptools = "^69.0.0.20240115"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core", "wheel"]
@@ -66,3 +77,5 @@ version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:^version"
 ]
 
+[tool.mypy]
+ignore_missing_imports = true
diff --git a/tests/test_models.py b/tests/test_models.py
index b76dfb116442..3f8f00abd0dd 100644
--- a/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/test_models.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # What this tests ?
 ## Tests /models and /model/* endpoints
 
-import pytest
-import asyncio
 import aiohttp
+import pytest
 
 
 async def generate_key(session, models=[]):
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ async def test_get_models():
 async def add_models(session, model_id="123"):
     url = "http://0.0.0.0:4000/model/new"
     headers = {
-        "Authorization": f"Bearer sk-1234",
+        "Authorization": "Bearer sk-1234",
         "Content-Type": "application/json",
     }
 
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ async def test_add_models():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_get_models():
+async def test_get_models_2():
     """
     Get models user has access to
     """
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ async def delete_model(session, model_id="123"):
     """
     url = "http://0.0.0.0:4000/model/delete"
     headers = {
-        "Authorization": f"Bearer sk-1234",
+        "Authorization": "Bearer sk-1234",
         "Content-Type": "application/json",
     }
     data = {"id": model_id}