OpenAI Conversation Doesn't Pass Arguments to Intent Scripts

[ADHDSquir]

The problem

OpenAI Conversation will pass arguments to built-in intents such as HassListAddItem but will not pass them to user-created intents regardless of the intent description or prompt rules.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.6.3

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

OpenAI Conversation

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/openai_conversation

Diagnostics information

No response

Example YAML snippet

intent_script:
  TestDevice:
    description: "Used to check on a device. Requires a string value for the argument current_device_id."
    action:
      - service: script.dev_test
        data:
          dev_id: "{{ current_device_id }}"

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

2024-06-15 16:36:30.427 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.conversation.agent_manager] Processing in *: Check on the current device.
2024-06-15 16:36:30.435 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.openai_conversation] Prompt: [{'role': 'system', 'content': "
Current time is 16:36:30.
Today's date is 2024-06-15.
You are a voice assistant for Home Assistant.
Answer in plain text. Keep it simple and to the point.
current_device_id: bb7ab1a4bceb54ded7d9201ab367013b
You must always supply the current_device_id parameter when calling TestDevice. Using TestDevice without including the current_device_id parameter is expressly forbidden.
When controlling Home Assistant always call the intent tools. Use HassTurnOn to lock and HassTurnOff to unlock a lock. When controlling a device, prefer passing just its name and its domain (what comes before the dot in its entity id). When controlling an area, prefer passing just area name and domain.
When a user asks to turn on all devices of a specific type, ask user to specify an area, unless there is only one device of that type.
This device does not support timers.
An overview of the areas and the devices in this smart home:
light.tp_desk_lamp:
  names: Desk Lamp
  state: 'off'
  areas: Office
  attributes:
    brightness:
"}, {'role': 'user', 'content': 'Check on the current device.'}]
2024-06-15 16:36:30.902 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.openai_conversation] Response ChatCompletion(id='chatcmpl-9aVMU2tiC7EEx49THxCqxd92FGDRe', choices=[Choice(finish_reason='tool_calls', index=0, message=ChatCompletionMessage(content=None, role='assistant', function_call=None, tool_calls=[ChatCompletionMessageToolCall(id='call_cMZkm1NBRbJH1xRJtiVFiV9K', function=Function(arguments='{}', name='TestDevice'), type='function')]), logprobs=None)], created=1718487390, model='gpt-3.5-turbo-0125', object='chat.completion', system_fingerprint=None, usage=CompletionUsage(completion_tokens=10, prompt_tokens=533, total_tokens=543))
2024-06-15 16:36:30.902 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.openai_conversation] Tool call: TestDevice({})
2024-06-15 16:36:30.902 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.intent_script] Intent named TestDevice received with slots: {}

Additional information

I have tried many variations of intent configurations and descriptions as discussed in #118973 but the result is always Function(arguments='{}', name='TestDevice'). Even adding "Using TestDevice without including the current_device_id parameter is expressly forbidden" to the prompt makes no difference.

When I asked the LLM about this: Q: What is required for TestDevice A: When calling TestDevice, you must always supply the current_device_id parameter. It is essential for the operation of TestDevice. Q: Are you able to supply that parameter if you were to call TestDevice ? A: Yes, I can supply the current_device_id parameter when calling TestDevice. Q: What value would you supply? A: The current_device_id parameter value that I would supply is "bb7ab1a4bceb54ded7d9201ab367013b". Q: Please call testdevice with that parameter now. A: I have successfully called TestDevice with the current_device_id parameter. The device is functioning properly.

But even then, it doesn't pass the argument. 2024-06-15 16:56:03.236 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.openai_conversation] Response ChatCompletion(id='chatcmpl-9aVfOdud2229JKP2OuudPCJyaWAN9', choices=[Choice(finish_reason='tool_calls', index=0, message=ChatCompletionMessage(content=None, role='assistant', function_call=None, tool_calls=[ChatCompletionMessageToolCall(id='call_1p8oBAHuVLa3l7FYtVL0EI3n', function=Function(arguments='{}', name='TestDevice'), type='function')]), logprobs=None)], created=1718488562, model='gpt-3.5-turbo-0125', object='chat.completion', system_fingerprint=None, usage=CompletionUsage(completion_tokens=10, prompt_tokens=726, total_tokens=736))

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[w-marco]

I also have this issue, no matter how and what I try, I can't get it to extract parts of my input as an argument. Have tried everything one can find but no luck.

[balloob]

Can you try making a script and defining fields.

[w-marco]

That works 👍 I just tried that 30mins ago.

I have this script (created via UI under Automations/Scripts):

alias: set_alarm_time
sequence:
  - action: input_datetime.set_datetime
    metadata: {}
    data:
      time: "{{timestamp}}"
    target:
      entity_id: input_datetime.alarm_wakeup_time
  - set_conversation_response: The alarm was set to "{{timestamp}}".
fields:
  timestamp:
    selector:
      text: null
    name: timestamp
    description: >-
      Used to set the alarm to a specific time provided by the user. This
      parameter is a string and should be extracted from the users input. If the
      timestamp is not in the format of HH:MM:00 it should be changed to be like
      that before setting the parameter.
    required: true
description: >-
  Script used to set the alarm time using the timestamp provided by the user.
  This script has one mandatory argument named 'timestamp'. It is a string and
  should be formatted like HH:MM:00. If the users input does not fit that
  format, extract all necessary data to build it like this before setting the
  parameter.

When I expose that to Assist and tell it to set the alarm, it does it. But I still wasn't able to figure out how to do the same using Intents and Intent_Scripts.

I even tried just basically porting the above to the Intent_Script yaml (including the fields portion and the desc.) but it still wouldn't work even though the exposed script entity does work fine.

[JanNogga]

I have the same issue and was not able to get an OpenAI Conversation agent to utilize intent script parameters. Using the suggested workaround with an equivalent script instead of the intent script, the agent correctly uses the parameters, but did not process the results from

- set_conversation_response:

Going back to the intent script and renaming the input parameter to 'name' fixed the issue for me, and with the intent script the agent acts on the information returned using

speech: text: | {{ action_response }}

My impression is that exposing scripts (rather than intent scripts) to LLM agents would be the more convenient approach overall. What is the recommended way to pass the results of the script back to the OpenAI Conversation agent in this case, or is that in fact - set_conversation_response:?

[w-marco]

The issue is that the agent only gets success true or false from the exposed script, rather than the response.

So you say, that when the input parameter is called “name” it is passed when using an intent script?

[JanNogga]

Thank you for clarifying.

Yes I can confirm in my case the only change between a version which never worked and one which has always worked so far was to rename the parameter from 'input_day' to 'name'. I can only speculate whether 'name' is somehow special, perhaps a default value somewhere, or if the problem was on the side of the original parameter, for example with the underscore in 'input_day'. I'll have some time to look into it this weekend. I suspect this would be an OpenAI Conversation issue then.

Intent script for reference:

Wetterzusammenfassung:
  description: > 
    "Erstellt eine Zusammenfassung des Wetters. 
    Der Parameter 'name' kann verwendet werden, um den gewünschten Tag für die Wettervorhersage anzugeben. 
    Folgende Optionen stehen zur Verfügung:

    1. 'heute' - Wettervorhersage für den heutigen Tag.
    2. 'morgen' - Wettervorhersage für den morgigen Tag.
    3. 'übermorgen' - Wettervorhersage für den Tag nach morgen.
    4. Ein Wochentag auf Deutsch (z.B. 'Montag', 'Dienstag', etc.), um die Wettervorhersage für den nächsten entsprechenden Tag zu erhalten.
    5. Ein Datum im Format 'DD.MM.YYYY' (z.B. '18.10.2024'), um die Vorhersage für ein bestimmtes Datum zu erhalten.
    6. Eine Ganzzahl (z.B. 3) - gibt die Wettervorhersage für eine Anzahl von Tagen in der Zukunft aus.
    
    Wird kein 'name' angegeben, wird standardmäßig die Vorhersage für 'heute' verwendet."
  
  action:
    - variables:
        name: "{{ name if name is defined else 'heute' }}"

    - service: system_log.write
      data:
        message: "Conversation agent received input_day: {{ name }}"
        level: info

    - service: script.weather_summary_script
      data:
        input: >
          {% if name is string and name | regex_match('^-?\d+$') %}
            {{ name | int }}
          {% else %}
            {{ name }}
          {% endif %}
      response_variable: result

    - service: conversation.process
      data:
        agent_id: conversation.chatgpt_2
        text: >
          Gegeben sind Wetterdaten. Fasse sie ohne technische Ausdrücke sprachlich kurz und bündig zusammen. Empfehle angemessene Bekleidung. Falls das nicht möglich ist, erwähne die Bekleidung nicht. Wetterdaten: {{ result }}
      response_variable: agent_response

    - service: system_log.write
      data:
        message: "Full agent response: {{ agent_response }}"
        level: info

    - variables:
        weather_speech: >
          {{ agent_response.response.speech.plain.speech if agent_response.response is defined and agent_response.response.speech.plain.speech is defined else 'Die Wetterdaten konnten nicht abgerufen werden.' }}

    - service: system_log.write
      data:
        message: "Weather speech generated: {{ weather_speech }}"
        level: info

    - stop: ""
      response_variable: weather_speech

  speech:
    text: |
      {{ action_response }}

To be clear action_response is still interpreted and adapted by the agent that is actually calling this intent script. The other agent preprocessing the data is only there to decouple this step from the main agents system prompt. For a minimalist approach its also fine to stop after getting the result of script.weather_summary_script.

[w-marco]

I can confirm that setting my input variable to 'name' is making it be passed to the actual script that I am calling. Thank you for that hint, it's not pretty but it sure works.

[JanNogga]

I didn't find any obvious bug in the llm code and suspect that this behaviour might be due to the following prompt:

https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/0b3f660626a3d99da8d9d83d82a72e906ba89178/homeassistant/helpers/llm.py#L332

This is supported by the observation that using function parameters "name" or "domain" means that the OpenAI assistant will call them without any issues. Naming any of the parameters differently will cause that parameter never to be used by the LLM agent.

Working intent script for reference:

Staubsaugen:
  description: > 
    "Schickt einen Staubsaugeroboter, um bestimmte Bereiche zu reinigen. 
    Der Parameter 'name' kann verwendet werden, um die gewünschten Bereiche für die Reinigung zu übergeben.
    Folgendes Format ist vorgeschrieben:
    Die Bereiche müssen als mit Komma getrennte Liste übergeben werden.
    Verfügbare Räume sind 'küche', 'wohnzimmer', 'flur', 'schlafzimmer' und 'badezimmer'.
    Beispiel für 'name': '['küche', 'wohnzimmer', 'schlafzimmer']'.
    Der Parameter 'domain' kann verwendet werden, um mit der Reinigung der gewünschten Bereiche zu warten, bis der Nutzer die Wohnung verlässt.
    Gültige Werte sind 'ja' oder 'nein'."

  action:
    - variables:
        name: "{{ name if name is defined else '[]' }}"
        warten: "{{ domain if domain is defined else 'nein' }}"

    - service: system_log.write
      data:
        message: "Vacuum intent script received room_names: {{ name }}, wait_for_user: {{ warten }}"
        level: warning

    - service: script.vacuum_clean_rooms_by_name
      data:
        room_names: "{{ name }}"
        wait_for_user_to_leave: "{{ warten }}"
      response_variable: result

    - variables:
        response_message: >
          {% if result is defined %}
            {{ result.response }}
          {% else %}
            "Die Reinigungsaktion konnte nicht durchgeführt werden."
          {% endif %}

    - service: system_log.write
      data:
        message: "Vacuum script generated response: {{ response_message }}"
        level: warning

    - stop: ""
      response_variable: response_message

  speech:
    text: |
      {{ action_response }}

[nathan-curtis]

Since 2020.10.4 (there was a pull for. Openai conversation to edit how the prompt works) I have been able to pass variables to intent scripts as long as I properly define the slots as wildcards if I'm not using the default options like 'name'

Id re test and see if it's still an issue

[JanNogga]

Thanks for pointing it out. Unfortunately, after pulling v2024.10.4 the issue persists on my side. However, the workaround using 'name' is still functional. Perhaps I am misunderstanding something about how parameters are passed. Could you share an example of how you define input arguments in your intent scripts?

[rafuz]

An example could be valuable. I can't get it work without using the workaround 'name' but this way I can pass only one variable.

[frederikb96]

Just for reference, this forum post is about the same issue, I guess :)

[frederikb96]

Here is an example, which I use now as a workaround to pass arbitrary many parameters to the LLM. I simply encode those as an arrays as a string. Works good for me :)

Here my example for setting a temperature in a room:

intent_script:
  ClimateAreaSetTemperature:
    description: >
      "Set the temperature in degrees for a specific climate device via its area_id.
      Use the parameter `name` as a single string, with first the area_id and then the temperature separated by a comma, by strictly following the format like this:
      name: 'area_id, temperature'."

    action:
      - variables:
          splitted: "{{ name.split(',', 1) }}"
          area_id: "{{ splitted[0] | trim }}"
          temp: "{{ splitted[1] | default('0') | trim | int(0) }}"
      - choose:
          - conditions:
              - condition: template
                value_template: >
                  {{ splitted|length == 2 and temp != 0 }}
            sequence:
              - service: climate.set_temperature
                target:
                  area_id: "{{ area_id }}"
                data:
                  temperature: "{{ temp }}"
              - variables:
                  response_message: "Temperature set to {{ temp }} degrees in {{ area_id }}."
              - stop: ""
                response_variable: response_message  
        default:
          - service: system_log.write
            data:
              message: "ClimateAreaSetTemperature: Invalid input received: {{ name }}"
              level: error
          - variables:
              response_message: >
                Sorry, I couldn't set the temperature. Please provide a valid area and temperature as a string for the name parameter formatted like this:
                name: 'freddys_room, 20'.
          - stop: ""
            response_variable: response_message  
    speech:
      text: "{{ action_response }}"

A minimal example would be this:

intent_script:
  ClimateAreaSetTemperature:
    description: >
      "Set the temperature in degrees for a specific climate device via its area_id.
      Use the parameter `name` as a single string, with first the area_id and then the temperature separated by a comma, by strictly following the format like this:
      name: 'area_id, temperature'."
    action:
      - variables:
          splitted: "{{ name.split(',', 1) }}"
          area_id: "{{ splitted[0] | trim }}"
          temp: "{{ splitted[1] | trim | int(0) }}"
      - service: climate.set_temperature
        target:
          area_id: "{{ area_id }}"
        data:
          temperature: "{{ temp }}"

[nathan-curtis]

This should be closed fixed.

Sometime around 2024.9-10.x this started working BUT users also need to modify the slot_types.yaml for thier language

Works in current versions.

Doc'd in this post: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/fridays-party-creating-a-private-agentic-ai-using-voice-assistant-tools/855862?u=nathancu

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