diff --git a/server/reflector/llm/__init__.py b/server/reflector/llm/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fddf3919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/reflector/llm/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .base import LLM  # noqa: F401
+from . import llm_oobagooda  # noqa: F401
+from . import llm_openai  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/server/reflector/llm/base.py b/server/reflector/llm/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55c0de5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/reflector/llm/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+from reflector.logger import logger
+from reflector.settings import settings
+import asyncio
+import json
+
+
+class LLM:
+    _registry = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register(cls, name, klass):
+        cls._registry[name] = klass
+
+    @classmethod
+    def instance(cls):
+        """
+        Return an instance depending on the settings.
+        Settings used:
+
+        - `LLM_BACKEND`: key of the backend, defaults to `oobagooda`
+        - `LLM_URL`: url of the backend
+        """
+        return cls._registry[settings.LLM_BACKEND]()
+
+    async def generate(
+        self, prompt: str, retry_count: int = 5, retry_interval: int = 1, **kwargs
+    ) -> dict:
+        while retry_count > 0:
+            try:
+                result = await self._generate(prompt=prompt, **kwargs)
+                break
+            except Exception:
+                logger.exception("Failed to call llm")
+                retry_count -= 1
+                await asyncio.sleep(retry_interval)
+
+        if retry_count == 0:
+            raise Exception("Failed to call llm after retrying")
+
+        if isinstance(result, str):
+            result = self._parse_json(result)
+
+        return result
+
+    async def _generate(self, prompt: str, **kwargs) -> str:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def _parse_json(self, result: str) -> dict:
+        result = result.strip()
+        # try detecting code block if exist
+        if result.startswith("```json\n") and result.endswith("```"):
+            result = result[8:-3]
+        elif result.startswith("```\n") and result.endswith("```"):
+            result = result[4:-3]
+        print(">>>", result)
+        return json.loads(result.strip())
+
+
diff --git a/server/reflector/llm/llm_oobagooda.py b/server/reflector/llm/llm_oobagooda.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be7d8133
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/reflector/llm/llm_oobagooda.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from reflector.llm.base import LLM
+from reflector.settings import settings
+import httpx
+
+
+class OobagoodaLLM(LLM):
+    async def _generate(self, prompt: str, **kwargs):
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+            response = await client.post(
+                settings.LLM_URL,
+                headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+                json={"prompt": prompt},
+            )
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            return response.json()
+
+
+LLM.register("oobagooda", OobagoodaLLM)
diff --git a/server/reflector/llm/llm_openai.py b/server/reflector/llm/llm_openai.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4c565d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/reflector/llm/llm_openai.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from reflector.llm.base import LLM
+from reflector.logger import logger
+from reflector.settings import settings
+import json
+import httpx
+
+
+class OpenAILLM(LLM):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.openai_key = settings.LLM_OPENAI_KEY
+        self.openai_url = settings.LLM_URL
+        self.openai_model = settings.LLM_OPENAI_MODEL
+        self.openai_temperature = settings.LLM_OPENAI_TEMPERATURE
+        self.timeout = settings.LLM_TIMEOUT
+        self.max_tokens = settings.LLM_MAX_TOKENS
+        logger.info(f"LLM use openai backend at {self.openai_url}")
+
+    async def _generate(self, prompt: str, **kwargs) -> str:
+        headers = {
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            "Authorization": f"Bearer {self.openai_key}",
+        }
+
+        logger.debug(f"LLM openai prompt: {prompt}")
+
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=self.timeout) as client:
+            response = await client.post(
+                self.openai_url,
+                headers=headers,
+                json={
+                    "model": self.openai_model,
+                    "prompt": prompt,
+                    "max_tokens": self.max_tokens,
+                    "temperature": self.openai_temperature,
+                },
+            )
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            result = response.json()
+            logger.info(f"LLM openai result: {result}")
+            return result["choices"][0]["text"]
+
+
+LLM.register("openai", OpenAILLM)
diff --git a/server/reflector/settings.py b/server/reflector/settings.py
index 6bad2697..0b6f6df5 100644
--- a/server/reflector/settings.py
+++ b/server/reflector/settings.py
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     LLM_URL: str | None = None
     LLM_HOST: str = "localhost"
     LLM_PORT: int = 7860
+    LLM_OPENAI_KEY: str | None = None
+    LLM_OPENAI_MODEL: str = "gpt-3.5-turbo"
+    LLM_OPENAI_TEMPERATURE: float = 0.7
+    LLM_TIMEOUT: int = 90
+    LLM_MAX_TOKENS: int = 1024
+    LLM_TEMPERATURE: float = 0.7
 
     # Storage
     STORAGE_BACKEND: str = "aws"
@@ -38,8 +44,5 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     STORAGE_AWS_SECRET_KEY: str = ""
     STORAGE_AWS_BUCKET: str = ""
 
-    # OpenAI
-    OPENAI_API_KEY: str = ""
-
 
 settings = Settings()