diff --git a/extensions/guidance/guidance_server.py b/extensions/guidance/guidance_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f10082fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/guidance/guidance_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+"""Loads model into the guidance library (https://github.com/microsoft/guidance).
+It aims to reduce the entry barrier of using the guidance library with quantized models  
+
+The easiest way to get started with this extension is by using the Python client wrapper:
+
+https://github.com/ChuloAI/andromeda-chain
+
+Example:
+
+```
+from andromeda_chain import AndromedaChain, AndromedaPrompt, AndromedaResponse
+chain = AndromedaChain("http://0.0.0.0:9000/guidance_api/v1/generate")
+
+prompt = AndromedaPrompt(
+    name="hello",
+    prompt_template="Howdy: {{gen 'expert_names' temperature=0 max_tokens=300}}",
+    input_vars=[],
+    output_vars=["expert_names"]
+)
+
+response: AndromedaResponse = chain.run_guidance_prompt(prompt)
+```
+
+"""
+import json
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
+from threading import Thread
+
+import guidance
+from modules import shared
+
+# This extension depends on having the model already fully loaded, including LoRA
+
+guidance_model = None
+
+def load_guidance_model_singleton():
+    global guidance_model
+
+    if guidance_model:
+        return guidance_model
+    try:
+        import guidance
+    except ImportError:
+        raise ImportError("Please run 'pip install guidance' before using the guidance extension.")
+    
+    if not shared.model or not shared.tokenizer:
+        raise ValueError("Cannot use guidance extension without a pre-initialized model!")
+    
+    # For now only supports HF Transformers
+    # As far as I know, this includes:
+    #  - 8 and 4 bits quantizations loaded through bitsandbytes
+    #  - GPTQ variants
+    #  - Models with LoRAs
+
+    guidance_model = guidance.llms.Transformers(
+        model=shared.model,
+        tokenizer=shared.tokenizer,
+        device=shared.args.guidance_device
+    )
+    guidance.llm = guidance_model
+
+
+class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def do_POST(self):
+        content_length = int(self.headers['Content-Length'])
+        body = json.loads(self.rfile.read(content_length).decode('utf-8'))
+
+        if self.path == '/guidance_api/v1/generate':
+            # TODO: add request validation
+            # For now disabled to avoid an extra dependency on validation libraries, like Pydantic
+
+            prompt_template = body["prompt_template"]
+            input_vars = body["input_vars"]
+            kwargs = body["guidance_kwargs"]
+            output_vars = body["output_vars"]
+
+            llm = load_guidance_model_singleton()
+            guidance_program = guidance(prompt_template)
+            program_result = guidance_program(
+                **kwargs,
+                stream=False,
+                async_mode=False,
+                caching=False,
+                **input_vars,
+                llm=llm,
+            )
+            output = {"__main__": str(program_result)}
+            for output_var in output_vars:
+                output[output_var] = program_result[output_var]
+            
+
+            response = json.dumps(output)
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(response.encode('utf-8'))
+
+
+def _run_server(port: int):
+    address = '0.0.0.0' if shared.args.listen else '127.0.0.1'
+
+    server = ThreadingHTTPServer((address, port), Handler)
+    print(f'Starting Guidance API at http://{address}:{port}/guidance_api')
+
+    server.serve_forever()
+
+
+def start_server(port: int):
+    Thread(target=_run_server, args=[port], daemon=True).start()
diff --git a/extensions/guidance/requirements.txt b/extensions/guidance/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07d0c54f45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/guidance/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+guidance
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diff --git a/extensions/guidance/script.py b/extensions/guidance/script.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..404d01da4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/guidance/script.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from extensions.guidance import guidance_server
+from modules import shared
+
+def setup():
+    guidance_server.start_server(shared.args.guidance_port)
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 9f4f720c68..10b69d41f3 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 tokenizer = None
 model_name = "None"
 model_type = None
+guidance_model = None
 lora_names = []
 
 # Chat variables
@@ -174,6 +175,12 @@ def str2bool(v):
 parser.add_argument('--api-streaming-port', type=int,  default=5005, help='The listening port for the streaming API.')
 parser.add_argument('--public-api', action='store_true', help='Create a public URL for the API using Cloudfare.')
 
+# Guidance Server
+parser.add_argument('--guidance', action='store_true', help='Enable the guidance API extension.')
+parser.add_argument('--guidance-port', type=int, default=9000, help='The listening port for the guidance API.')
+parser.add_argument('--guidance-device', type=str, default='cuda', help='The device where the model is loaded on.')
+
+
 # Multimodal
 parser.add_argument('--multimodal-pipeline', type=str, default=None, help='The multimodal pipeline to use. Examples: llava-7b, llava-13b.')
 
@@ -206,11 +213,12 @@ def add_extension(name):
 if args.multimodal_pipeline is not None:
     add_extension('multimodal')
 
+if args.guidance:
+    add_extension("guidance")
 
 def is_chat():
     return args.chat
 
-
 # Loading model-specific settings
 with Path(f'{args.model_dir}/config.yaml') as p:
     if p.exists():
@@ -229,3 +237,4 @@ def is_chat():
                 model_config[k] = user_config[k]
 
 model_config = OrderedDict(model_config)
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0a5adce4de..b62ae96cfa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ https://github.com/jllllll/bitsandbytes-windows-webui/raw/main/bitsandbytes-0.39
 llama-cpp-python==0.1.57; platform_system != "Windows"
 https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python/releases/download/v0.1.57/llama_cpp_python-0.1.57-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows"
 https://github.com/PanQiWei/AutoGPTQ/releases/download/v0.2.2/auto_gptq-0.2.2+cu117-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; platform_system == "Windows"
-https://github.com/PanQiWei/AutoGPTQ/releases/download/v0.2.2/auto_gptq-0.2.2+cu117-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux"
+https://github.com/PanQiWei/AutoGPTQ/releases/download/v0.2.2/auto_gptq-0.2.2+cu117-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl; platform_system == "Linux"
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diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 25dbae8e9a..be10d48800 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -1088,6 +1088,7 @@ def create_interface():
             'instruction_template': shared.settings['instruction_template']
         })
 
+
     shared.generation_lock = Lock()
     # Launch the web UI
     create_interface()