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ContextChatEngine #

Bases: BaseChatEngine

Context Chat Engine.

Uses a retriever to retrieve a context, set the context in the system prompt, and then uses an LLM to generate a response, for a fluid chat experience.

Source code in llama-index-core/llama_index/core/chat_engine/context.py
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class ContextChatEngine(BaseChatEngine):
    """
    Context Chat Engine.

    Uses a retriever to retrieve a context, set the context in the system prompt,
    and then uses an LLM to generate a response, for a fluid chat experience.
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        retriever: BaseRetriever,
        llm: LLM,
        memory: BaseMemory,
        prefix_messages: List[ChatMessage],
        node_postprocessors: Optional[List[BaseNodePostprocessor]] = None,
        context_template: Optional[Union[str, PromptTemplate]] = None,
        context_refine_template: Optional[Union[str, PromptTemplate]] = None,
        callback_manager: Optional[CallbackManager] = None,
    ) -> None:
        self._retriever = retriever
        self._llm = llm
        self._memory = memory
        self._prefix_messages = prefix_messages
        self._node_postprocessors = node_postprocessors or []

        context_template = context_template or DEFAULT_CONTEXT_TEMPLATE
        if isinstance(context_template, str):
            context_template = PromptTemplate(context_template)
        self._context_template = context_template

        context_refine_template = context_refine_template or DEFAULT_REFINE_TEMPLATE
        if isinstance(context_refine_template, str):
            context_refine_template = PromptTemplate(context_refine_template)
        self._context_refine_template = context_refine_template

        self.callback_manager = callback_manager or CallbackManager([])
        for node_postprocessor in self._node_postprocessors:
            node_postprocessor.callback_manager = self.callback_manager

    @classmethod
    def from_defaults(
        cls,
        retriever: BaseRetriever,
        chat_history: Optional[List[ChatMessage]] = None,
        memory: Optional[BaseMemory] = None,
        system_prompt: Optional[str] = None,
        prefix_messages: Optional[List[ChatMessage]] = None,
        node_postprocessors: Optional[List[BaseNodePostprocessor]] = None,
        context_template: Optional[Union[str, PromptTemplate]] = None,
        context_refine_template: Optional[Union[str, PromptTemplate]] = None,
        llm: Optional[LLM] = None,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> "ContextChatEngine":
        """Initialize a ContextChatEngine from default parameters."""
        llm = llm or Settings.llm

        chat_history = chat_history or []
        memory = memory or ChatMemoryBuffer.from_defaults(
            chat_history=chat_history, token_limit=llm.metadata.context_window - 256
        )

        if system_prompt is not None:
            if prefix_messages is not None:
                raise ValueError(
                    "Cannot specify both system_prompt and prefix_messages"
                )
            prefix_messages = [
                ChatMessage(content=system_prompt, role=llm.metadata.system_role)
            ]

        prefix_messages = prefix_messages or []
        node_postprocessors = node_postprocessors or []

        return cls(
            retriever,
            llm=llm,
            memory=memory,
            prefix_messages=prefix_messages,
            node_postprocessors=node_postprocessors,
            callback_manager=Settings.callback_manager,
            context_template=context_template,
            context_refine_template=context_refine_template,
        )

    def _get_nodes(self, message: str) -> List[NodeWithScore]:
        """Generate context information from a message."""
        nodes = self._retriever.retrieve(message)
        for postprocessor in self._node_postprocessors:
            nodes = postprocessor.postprocess_nodes(
                nodes, query_bundle=QueryBundle(message)
            )

        return nodes

    async def _aget_nodes(self, message: str) -> List[NodeWithScore]:
        """Generate context information from a message."""
        nodes = await self._retriever.aretrieve(message)
        for postprocessor in self._node_postprocessors:
            nodes = postprocessor.postprocess_nodes(
                nodes, query_bundle=QueryBundle(message)
            )

        return nodes

    def _get_response_synthesizer(
        self, chat_history: List[ChatMessage], streaming: bool = False
    ) -> CompactAndRefine:
        # Pull the system prompt from the prefix messages
        system_prompt = ""
        prefix_messages = self._prefix_messages
        if (
            len(self._prefix_messages) != 0
            and self._prefix_messages[0].role == MessageRole.SYSTEM
        ):
            system_prompt = str(self._prefix_messages[0].content)
            prefix_messages = self._prefix_messages[1:]

        # Get the messages for the QA and refine prompts
        qa_messages = get_prefix_messages_with_context(
            self._context_template,
            system_prompt,
            prefix_messages,
            chat_history,
            self._llm.metadata.system_role,
        )
        refine_messages = get_prefix_messages_with_context(
            self._context_refine_template,
            system_prompt,
            prefix_messages,
            chat_history,
            self._llm.metadata.system_role,
        )

        # Get the response synthesizer
        return get_response_synthesizer(
            self._llm,
            self.callback_manager,
            qa_messages,
            refine_messages,
            streaming,
            qa_function_mappings=self._context_template.function_mappings,
            refine_function_mappings=self._context_refine_template.function_mappings,
        )

    @trace_method("chat")
    def chat(
        self,
        message: str,
        chat_history: Optional[List[ChatMessage]] = None,
        prev_chunks: Optional[List[NodeWithScore]] = None,
    ) -> AgentChatResponse:
        if chat_history is not None:
            self._memory.set(chat_history)

        # get nodes and postprocess them
        nodes = self._get_nodes(message)
        if len(nodes) == 0 and prev_chunks is not None:
            nodes = prev_chunks

        # Get the response synthesizer with dynamic prompts
        chat_history = self._memory.get(
            input=message,
        )
        synthesizer = self._get_response_synthesizer(chat_history)

        response = synthesizer.synthesize(message, nodes)
        user_message = ChatMessage(content=message, role=MessageRole.USER)
        ai_message = ChatMessage(content=str(response), role=MessageRole.ASSISTANT)

        self._memory.put(user_message)
        self._memory.put(ai_message)

        return AgentChatResponse(
            response=str(response),
            sources=[
                ToolOutput(
                    tool_name="retriever",
                    content=str(nodes),
                    raw_input={"message": message},
                    raw_output=nodes,
                )
            ],
            source_nodes=nodes,
        )

    @trace_method("chat")
    def stream_chat(
        self,
        message: str,
        chat_history: Optional[List[ChatMessage]] = None,
        prev_chunks: Optional[List[NodeWithScore]] = None,
    ) -> StreamingAgentChatResponse:
        if chat_history is not None:
            self._memory.set(chat_history)

        # get nodes and postprocess them
        nodes = self._get_nodes(message)
        if len(nodes) == 0 and prev_chunks is not None:
            nodes = prev_chunks

        # Get the response synthesizer with dynamic prompts
        chat_history = self._memory.get(
            input=message,
        )
        synthesizer = self._get_response_synthesizer(chat_history, streaming=True)

        response = synthesizer.synthesize(message, nodes)
        assert isinstance(response, StreamingResponse)

        def wrapped_gen(response: StreamingResponse) -> ChatResponseGen:
            full_response = ""
            for token in response.response_gen:
                full_response += token
                yield ChatResponse(
                    message=ChatMessage(
                        content=full_response, role=MessageRole.ASSISTANT
                    ),
                    delta=token,
                )

            user_message = ChatMessage(content=message, role=MessageRole.USER)
            ai_message = ChatMessage(content=full_response, role=MessageRole.ASSISTANT)
            self._memory.put(user_message)
            self._memory.put(ai_message)

        return StreamingAgentChatResponse(
            chat_stream=wrapped_gen(response),
            sources=[
                ToolOutput(
                    tool_name="retriever",
                    content=str(nodes),
                    raw_input={"message": message},
                    raw_output=nodes,
                )
            ],
            source_nodes=nodes,
            is_writing_to_memory=False,
        )

    @trace_method("chat")
    async def achat(
        self,
        message: str,
        chat_history: Optional[List[ChatMessage]] = None,
        prev_chunks: Optional[List[NodeWithScore]] = None,
    ) -> AgentChatResponse:
        if chat_history is not None:
            self._memory.set(chat_history)

        # get nodes and postprocess them
        nodes = await self._aget_nodes(message)
        if len(nodes) == 0 and prev_chunks is not None:
            nodes = prev_chunks

        # Get the response synthesizer with dynamic prompts
        chat_history = self._memory.get(
            input=message,
        )
        synthesizer = self._get_response_synthesizer(chat_history)

        response = await synthesizer.asynthesize(message, nodes)
        user_message = ChatMessage(content=message, role=MessageRole.USER)
        ai_message = ChatMessage(content=str(response), role=MessageRole.ASSISTANT)

        await self._memory.aput(user_message)
        await self._memory.aput(ai_message)

        return AgentChatResponse(
            response=str(response),
            sources=[
                ToolOutput(
                    tool_name="retriever",
                    content=str(nodes),
                    raw_input={"message": message},
                    raw_output=nodes,
                )
            ],
            source_nodes=nodes,
        )

    @trace_method("chat")
    async def astream_chat(
        self,
        message: str,
        chat_history: Optional[List[ChatMessage]] = None,
        prev_chunks: Optional[List[NodeWithScore]] = None,
    ) -> StreamingAgentChatResponse:
        if chat_history is not None:
            self._memory.set(chat_history)
        # get nodes and postprocess them
        nodes = await self._aget_nodes(message)
        if len(nodes) == 0 and prev_chunks is not None:
            nodes = prev_chunks

        # Get the response synthesizer with dynamic prompts
        chat_history = self._memory.get(
            input=message,
        )
        synthesizer = self._get_response_synthesizer(chat_history, streaming=True)

        response = await synthesizer.asynthesize(message, nodes)
        assert isinstance(response, AsyncStreamingResponse)

        async def wrapped_gen(response: AsyncStreamingResponse) -> ChatResponseAsyncGen:
            full_response = ""
            async for token in response.async_response_gen():
                full_response += token
                yield ChatResponse(
                    message=ChatMessage(
                        content=full_response, role=MessageRole.ASSISTANT
                    ),
                    delta=token,
                )

            user_message = ChatMessage(content=message, role=MessageRole.USER)
            ai_message = ChatMessage(content=full_response, role=MessageRole.ASSISTANT)
            await self._memory.aput(user_message)
            await self._memory.aput(ai_message)

        return StreamingAgentChatResponse(
            achat_stream=wrapped_gen(response),
            sources=[
                ToolOutput(
                    tool_name="retriever",
                    content=str(nodes),
                    raw_input={"message": message},
                    raw_output=nodes,
                )
            ],
            source_nodes=nodes,
            is_writing_to_memory=False,
        )

    def reset(self) -> None:
        self._memory.reset()

    @property
    def chat_history(self) -> List[ChatMessage]:
        """Get chat history."""
        return self._memory.get_all()

chat_history property #

chat_history: List[ChatMessage]

Get chat history.

from_defaults classmethod #

from_defaults(retriever: BaseRetriever, chat_history: Optional[List[ChatMessage]] = None, memory: Optional[BaseMemory] = None, system_prompt: Optional[str] = None, prefix_messages: Optional[List[ChatMessage]] = None, node_postprocessors: Optional[List[BaseNodePostprocessor]] = None, context_template: Optional[Union[str, PromptTemplate]] = None, context_refine_template: Optional[Union[str, PromptTemplate]] = None, llm: Optional[LLM] = None, **kwargs: Any) -> ContextChatEngine

Initialize a ContextChatEngine from default parameters.

Source code in llama-index-core/llama_index/core/chat_engine/context.py
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@classmethod
def from_defaults(
    cls,
    retriever: BaseRetriever,
    chat_history: Optional[List[ChatMessage]] = None,
    memory: Optional[BaseMemory] = None,
    system_prompt: Optional[str] = None,
    prefix_messages: Optional[List[ChatMessage]] = None,
    node_postprocessors: Optional[List[BaseNodePostprocessor]] = None,
    context_template: Optional[Union[str, PromptTemplate]] = None,
    context_refine_template: Optional[Union[str, PromptTemplate]] = None,
    llm: Optional[LLM] = None,
    **kwargs: Any,
) -> "ContextChatEngine":
    """Initialize a ContextChatEngine from default parameters."""
    llm = llm or Settings.llm

    chat_history = chat_history or []
    memory = memory or ChatMemoryBuffer.from_defaults(
        chat_history=chat_history, token_limit=llm.metadata.context_window - 256
    )

    if system_prompt is not None:
        if prefix_messages is not None:
            raise ValueError(
                "Cannot specify both system_prompt and prefix_messages"
            )
        prefix_messages = [
            ChatMessage(content=system_prompt, role=llm.metadata.system_role)
        ]

    prefix_messages = prefix_messages or []
    node_postprocessors = node_postprocessors or []

    return cls(
        retriever,
        llm=llm,
        memory=memory,
        prefix_messages=prefix_messages,
        node_postprocessors=node_postprocessors,
        callback_manager=Settings.callback_manager,
        context_template=context_template,
        context_refine_template=context_refine_template,
    )