Designing a Tool to interface any Python custom function

Open solyarisoftware opened this issue 1 year ago • 13 comments

This is not necessarily an issue, but more of a 'how-to' question related to discussion topic https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain/discussions/632.

This the general topic: You would like to create a language chain tool that functions as a custom function (wrapping any custom API). For example, let's say you have a Python function that retrieves real-time weather forecasts given a location (where) and date/time (when) as input arguments, and returns a text with weather forecasts, as in the following mockup signature:

weather_data(where='Genova, Italy', when='today')
# => in Genova, Italy, today is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.

I "incapsulated" the custom function weather_data in a langchain custom tool Weather, following the notebook here: https://langchain.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/agents/examples/custom_tools.html:

# weather_tool.py
from langchain.agents import Tool
import re


def weather_data(where: str = None, when: str = None) -> str:
    '''
    mockup function: given a location and a time period,
    return weather forecast description in natural language (English)

    parameters:
        where: location
        when: time period

    returns:
        weather foreast description
    '''
    if where and when:
        return f'in {where}, {when} is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.'
    elif not where:
        return 'where?'
    elif not when:
        return 'when?'
    else:
        return 'I don\'t know'


def weather(when_and_where: str) -> str:
    '''
        input string where_and_when is a list of python string arguments
        with format as in the following example:

        "'arg 1' \"arg 2\" ... \"argN\""

        The weather function needs 2 arguments: where and when,
        so the when_and_where input string example could be:

        "'Genova, Italy' 'today'"
    '''

    # split the input string into a list of arguments
    pattern = r"(['\"])(.*?)\1"
    args = re.findall(pattern, when_and_where)
    args = [arg[1] for arg in args]

    # call the weather function passing arguments
    if args:
        where = args[0]
        when = args[1]
    else:
        where = when_and_where
        when = None

    result = weather_data(where, when)

    return result


Weather = Tool(
    name="weather",
    func=weather,
    description="helps to retrieve weather forecast, given arguments: 'where' (the location) and 'when' (the data or time period)"
)

I created a langchain agent weather_agent.py:

# weather_agent.py
# Import things that are needed generically

from langchain.agents import initialize_agent
from langchain.llms import OpenAI
from langchain import LLMChain
from langchain.prompts import PromptTemplate

# import custom tools
from weather_tool import Weather

llm = OpenAI(temperature=0)

prompt = PromptTemplate(
    input_variables=[],
    template="Answer the following questions as best you can."
)

# Load the tool configs that are needed.
llm_weather_chain = LLMChain(
    llm=llm,
    prompt=prompt,
    verbose=True
)

tools = [
    Weather
]

# Construct the react agent type.
agent = initialize_agent(
    tools,
    llm,
    agent="zero-shot-react-description",
    verbose=True
)

agent.run("What about the weather today in Genova, Italy")

An when I run the agent I have this output:

$ py weather_agent.py

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to find out the weather forecast for Genova
Action: weather
Action Input: Genova, Italy

Observation: when?
Thought: I need to specify the date
Action: weather
Action Input: Genova, Italy, today

Observation: when?
Thought: I need to specify the time
Action: weather
Action Input: Genova, Italy, today, now
Action output: when?

Observation: when?
Thought: I now know the final answer
Final Answer: The weather in Genova, Italy today is currently sunny with a high of 24°C and a low of 16°C.

> Finished chain.

The custom weather tool is currently returning "when?" because the date/time argument is not being passed to the function. The agent tries to guess the date/time, which is not ideal but acceptable, and also invents the temperatures, leading to incorrect information:

Final Answer: The weather in Genova, Italy today is currently sunny with a high of 24°C and a low of 16°C.

This occurs because the tool requires a single input string argument.

Note It's interesting that the REACT-based agent react correctly to the "when?", supplying/guessing progressively the right info:

Action Input: Genova, Italy

Action Input: Genova, Italy, today

Action Input: Genova, Italy, today, now

What would be your suggestion for mapping the information contained in the input string to the multiple arguments that the inner function/API (weather_data(), in this case) expects?

May you help to review the above tool behavior to process multiple arguments?

Thank you for your help, Giorgio

Feb 01 '23 18:02 solyarisoftware

i would reccomend doing something like this:

import json
def weather(when_and_where: str) -> str:
    '''
        input string where_and_when is a list of python string arguments
        with format as in the following example:

        "'arg 1' \"arg 2\" ... \"argN\""

        The weather function needs 2 arguments: where and when,
        so the when_and_where input string example could be:

        "'Genova, Italy' 'today'"
    '''

    res = json.loads(when_and_where)

    result = weather_data(res["where"], res["when"])

    return result


Weather = Tool(
    name="weather",
    func=weather,
    description="""helps to retrieve weather forecast. input should be json in the following format: `{{"when": '<time>', "where": <location>}}`"""
)

eg being very explicit about the input format

Feb 03 '23 04:02 hwchase17

lmk if this works. if it does, im going to keep this issue open and add a decorator to make this more easy

Feb 03 '23 04:02 hwchase17

Oh, got it! The description says the LLM should format JSON structured data.

If it works, this may be a way to interface with any Python function.

I'll give it a try and get back to you. By the way, a decorator will definitely help, along with some documentation with examples.

Thanks!

Feb 03 '23 08:02 solyarisoftware

Thanks Harrison! It seems working! I updated the 2 modules following your suggestions:

#
# weather_data
# is an example of a custom python function
# that takes a list of custom arguments and returns a text (or in general any data structure)
#
def weather_data(where: str = None, when: str = None) -> str:
    '''
    given a location and a time period, this custom function
    returns weather forecast description in natural language.

    This is a mockup function, returning a fixed text tempalte.
    The function could wrap an external API returning realtime weather forecast.

    parameters:
        where: location as text, e.g. 'Genova, Italy'
        when: time period, e.g. 'today, now'

    returns:
        weather foreast description as flat text.
    '''
    if where and when:
        # return a fake/hardcoded weather forecast sentence
        return f'in {where}, {when} is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.'
    elif not where:
        return 'where?'
    elif not when:
        return 'when?'
    else:
        return 'I don\'t know'


def weather(json_request: str) -> str:
    '''
    Takes a JSON dictionary as input in the form:
        { "when":"<time>", "where":"<location>" }

    Example:
        { "when":"today", "where":"Genova, Italy" }

    Args:
        request (str): The JSON dictionary input string.

    Returns:
        The weather data for the specified location and time.
    '''
    arguments_dictionary = json.loads(json_request)
    where = arguments_dictionary["where"]
    when = arguments_dictionary["when"]
    return weather_data(where=where, when=when)


#
# instantiate the langchain tool.
# The tool description instructs the LLM to pass data using a JSON.
# Note the "{{" and "}}": 
# this double quotation is needed to avoid a runt-time error triggered by the agent instatiation.
#
name = "weather"
request_format = '{{"when":"<time>","where":"<location>"}}'
description = f'helps to retrieve weather forecast. Input should be JSON in the following format: {request_format}'

# create an instance of the custom langchain tool
Weather = Tool(name=name, func=weather, description=description)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(weather_data(where='Genova, Italy', when='today'))
    # => in Genova, Italy, today is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.

    print(weather('{ "when":"today", "where":"Genova, Italy" }'))
    # => in Genova, Italy, today is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.

    # print the Weather tool
    print(Weather)

#
# weather_agent
#
import argparse

from langchain.agents import initialize_agent
from langchain.llms import OpenAI
from langchain import LLMChain
from langchain.prompts import PromptTemplate

# import custom tools
from weather_tool import Weather

llm = OpenAI(temperature=0)

prompt = PromptTemplate(
    input_variables=[],
    template="Answer the following questions as best you can."
)

# Load the tool configs that are needed.
llm_weather_chain = LLMChain(
    llm=llm,
    prompt=prompt,
    verbose=True
)

tools = [
    Weather
]

# Construct the react agent type.
agent = initialize_agent(
    tools,
    llm,
    agent="zero-shot-react-description",
    verbose=True
)


#
# get the question asa a command line argument.
# $ py weather_agent.py --question "What about the weather today in Genova, Italy"
#
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='agent using a weather forecast custom tool')
parser.add_argument('-q', '--question', dest='question', type=str, help='question to submit to the agent. Enclose the question sentence in quotes.', required=True)
args = parser.parse_args()

# run the agent
agent.run(args.question)

Tests

Runtime Test 1

The question contains all info (where and when) tool requires to retrieve data => PASSED (SUCCESSFUL)!

$ py weather_agent.py -q "What about the weather today in Genova, Italy"

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to find out the weather forecast
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"today","where":"Genova, Italy"}
Observation: in Genova, Italy, today is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.
Thought: I now know the final answer
Final Answer: Today in Genova, Italy is sunny with a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius.
> Finished chain.

Runtime Test 2

The question do not contains the "when" argument => PASSED (WARNING). The LLM guess the "when"="now", that in this case makes sense, but in general this is a possible confabulation trend.

$ py weather_agent.py -q "What about the weather in Genova?"

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to find out the weather forecast for Genova.
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"now","where":"Genova"}
Observation: in Genova, now is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.
Thought: I now know the final answer
Final Answer: It is sunny in Genova now, with a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius.

> Finished chain.

Runtime Test 3

The question contains all info (where and when) tool requires to retrieve data => PASSED (SUCCESSFUL)! Interesting, the LLM correct the grammar of the sentence returned by the tool; that's perfect!

$ py weather_agent.py -q "What about the weather tomorrow in Milano?"

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to find out the weather forecast for tomorrow in Milano.
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"tomorrow","where":"Milano"}
Observation: in Milano, tomorrow is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.
Thought: I now know the final answer
Final Answer: Tomorrow in Milano will be sunny with a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius.

> Finished chain.

Temporary conclusions

As you suggested in your previous comment, maybe you could optionally add a decorator to make the function-interface custom tool more easy to build. Maybe adding an example on the documentation page: https://langchain.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/agents/examples/custom_tools.html

It worth nothing that in general a tool could get

an input as a flat text (a sentence in natural language) or a JSON
an output ( the returned value) again as a sentence in natural language or a JSON.

Thanks

Feb 03 '23 16:02 solyarisoftware

UPDATE 2

I explored the last thought of my previous comment; A generic tool (that wrap any python function) could:

takes in input:
- requests as text (sentences in natural language)
- requests as structured data (e.g. in JSON format)
replys in output:
- responses as text (sentences in natural language)
- responses as structured data (e.g. in JSON format)

Summary

You can instantiate a langchain tool that wrap (incapsulate) any Python function.
So far a langchain tool is conceived to ingest a sentences and return a sentence, but...
If you need to pass arguments to the function, you can pass these arguments as a dictionary of named variables. The dictionary must be specified in a text-based format as JSON (that's a text that a GPT LLM understand)! BTW you need to include the JSON template in the LLM prompt.
if your function returns many separated variables (instead of a flat text), you can return these variables as a dictionary of named variables (a JSON). Again, you need to include the JSON template in the LLM prompt.

A proof-of-concept trivial demo

I extended my previous example, now including 2 tools:

Weater, is a tool that takes in input a data structure as a JSON and returns a flat text
Datetime, is a tool that returns a data structure as a JSON

So the updated agent now implement a react pattern using these 2 tools. Here below 3 source files component of the game:

weather_tool.py
datetime_tool.py
tools_agent.py

weather_tool.py

#
# weather_tool.py
# This module contains all ingredients to build a langchain tool
# that incapsule any custom function.
#
import json
from langchain.agents import Tool


#
# weather_data
# is an example of a custom python function
# that takes a list of custom arguments and returns a text (or in general any data structure)
#
def weather_data(where: str = None, when: str = None) -> str:
    '''
    given a location and a time period, this custom function
    returns weather forecast description in natural language.

    This is a mockup function, returning a fixed text tempalte.
    The function could wrap an external API returning realtime weather forecast.

    parameters:
        where: location as text, e.g. 'Genova, Italy'
        when: time period, e.g. 'today, now'

    returns:
        weather foreast description as flat text.
    '''
    if where and when:
        # return a fake/hardcoded weather forecast sentence
        return f'in {where}, {when} is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.'
    elif not where:
        return 'where?'
    elif not when:
        return 'when?'
    else:
        return 'I don\'t know'


def weather(json_request: str) -> str:
    '''
    Takes a JSON dictionary as input in the form:
        { "when":"<time>", "where":"<location>" }

    Example:
        { "when":"today", "where":"Genova, Italy" }

    Args:
        request (str): The JSON dictionary input string.

    Returns:
        The weather data for the specified location and time.
    '''
    arguments_dictionary = json.loads(json_request)
    where = arguments_dictionary["where"]
    when = arguments_dictionary["when"]
    result = weather_data(where=where, when=when)
    return result


#
# instantiate the langchain tool.
# The tool description instructs the LLM to pass data using a JSON.
# Note the "{{" and "}}": this double quotation is needed to avoid a runt-time error triggered by the agent instatiation.
#
name = "weather"
request_format = '{{"when":"<time>","where":"<location>"}}'
description = f'helps to retrieve weather forecast. Input should be JSON in the following format: {request_format}'

# create an instance of the custom langchain tool
Weather = Tool(name=name, func=weather, description=description)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(weather_data(where='Genova, Italy', when='today'))
    # => in Genova, Italy, today is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.

    print(weather('{ "when":"today", "where":"Genova, Italy" }'))
    # => in Genova, Italy, today is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.

    # print the Weather tool
    print(Weather)

datetime_tool.py

#
# datetime_tool.py
# This module contains all ingredients to build a langchain tool
# that incapsule any custom function.
#
import datetime
import json
from langchain.agents import Tool


def time():
    # Get the current time
    current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
    # Format the time as a string in a local format

    local_time = current_time.strftime("%I:%M %p")
    return local_time


def date():
    # Get the current time
    current_time = datetime.datetime.now()

    # Format the time as a string in a local format
    local_time = current_time.strftime("%A, %B %d, %Y")
    return local_time


def fulldate():
    # Get the current time
    current_time = datetime.datetime.now()

    # Format the time as a string in a local format
    local_time = current_time.strftime("%A, %B %d, %Y %I:%M %p %Z")
    return local_time


def datetime_tool(request: str = 'now') -> str:
    '''
    Example:
        { "when":"today", "where":"Genova, Italy" }

    Args:
        request (str): optional/not used.

    Returns:
        date and time as a JSON data structure, in the format:

        '{{"fulldate":"<fulldate>","date":"<date>","time":"<time>"}}'
    '''

    data = {
        'fulldate': fulldate(),
        'date': date(),
        'time': time()
    }

    response_as_json = json.dumps(data)
    return response_as_json


#
# instantiate the langchain tool.
# The tool description instructs the LLM to pass data using a JSON.
# Note the "{{" and "}}": this double quotation is needed to avoid a runt-time error triggered by the agent instatiation.
#
name = "datetime"
response_format = '{{"fulldate":"<fulldate>","date":"<date>","time":"<time>"}}'
description = f'helps to retrieve date and time. Output is a JSON in the following format: {response_format}'

# create an instance of the custom langchain tool
Datetime = Tool(name=name, func=datetime_tool, description=description)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(fulldate())
    # => Tuesday, January 24, 2023 11:19 AM

    print(date())
    # => Tuesday, January 24

    print(time())
    # => 11:19 AM

    print(datetime_tool())
    # =>

    print(Datetime)

tools_agent.py

#
# tools_agent.py
#
# zero-shot react agent that reply questions using available tools
# - Weater
# - Datetime
#
# get the question as a command line argument (a quoted sentence).
# $ py tools_agent.py What about the weather today in Genova, Italy
#
import sys

from langchain.agents import initialize_agent
from langchain.llms import OpenAI
from langchain import LLMChain
from langchain.prompts import PromptTemplate

# import custom tools
from weather_tool import Weather
from datetime_tool import Datetime

llm = OpenAI(temperature=0)

template='''\
Please answer the following questions with precision. \
If you are unable to find the required information after seeking assistance, \
please indicate that you do not know.
'''

prompt = PromptTemplate(input_variables=[], template=template)

# debug
# print(prompt.format())
# sys.exit()


# Load the tool configs that are needed.
llm_weather_chain = LLMChain(
    llm=llm,
    prompt=prompt,
    verbose=True
)

tools = [
    Weather,
    Datetime
]

# Construct the react agent type.
agent = initialize_agent(
    tools,
    llm,
    agent="zero-shot-react-description",
    verbose=True
)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        question = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
        print('question: ' + question)

        # run the agent
        agent.run(question)
    else:
        print('agent that answers questions using Weather and Datetime custom tools')
        print('usage: py tools_agent.py <question sentence>')
        print('example: py tools_agent.py what time is it?')

Usage tests

Test 1: `what today is?`

$ py tools_agent.py what today is?
question: what today is?

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to know the date and time
Action: datetime
Action Input: none
Observation: {"fulldate": "Saturday, February 04, 2023 03:43 PM ", "date": "Saturday, February 04, 2023", "time": "03:43 PM"}
Thought: I now know the final answer
Final Answer: Today is Saturday, February 04, 2023.

> Finished chain.

The test is successful!

Test 2: `what the weater in genova?`

`$ py tools_agent.py what the weater in genova?
question: what the weater in genova?

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to get the weather forecast for Genova
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"now","where":"Genova"}
Observation: in Genova, now is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.
Thought: I now know the final answer
Final Answer: It is sunny in Genova, with a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius.

> Finished chain.

The test is successful!

Test 3: `what time is it?`

$ py tools_agent.py what time is it?
question: what time is it?

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to find out the current date and time
Action: datetime
Action Input: none
Observation: {"fulldate": "Saturday, February 04, 2023 03:45 PM ", "date": "Saturday, February 04, 2023", "time": "03:45 PM"}
Thought: I now know the current date and time
Final Answer: It is 03:45 PM on Saturday, February 04, 2023.

> Finished chain.

The test is successful.

Test 4: `what's the current humidity in Genova?`

$ py tools_agent.py "what's the current humidity in Genova?"
question: what's the current humidity in Genova?

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to find out the current weather in Genova
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"now","where":"Genova"}
Observation: in Genova, now is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.
Thought: I need to find out the humidity
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"now","where":"Genova"}
Observation: in Genova, now is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.
Thought: Humidity is 70%.
Final Answer: The current humidity in Genova is 70%.

The test FAILS. The LLM invents humidity value.

how to solve the hallucination issue?

The REACT agent rightly calls twice the Weather tool. The second time it has the right thought:

Thought: I need to find out the humidity

Nevertheless the dumb tool didn't supply the humidity. So, the LLM hallucinates inventing a casual humidity value. How can I avoid it?

I Tempted different agent prompts without success so far. E.g.

template='''\
Please answer the following questions with precision. \
If you are unable to find the required information after seeking assistance, \
please indicate that you do not know.
'''

I want that the agent do not hallucinate if the domain helper do not retrive the info agent needs. Any idea?

Feb 04 '23 19:02 solyarisoftware

UPDATE 3

i modified the tool behavior to mitigate agent's inventions:

accepting in input a list of required_info as an additional argument in the input JSON data structure
returning in output a JSON data structure where variables need not available are assigned as 'unknown'.

#
# weather_tool.py
# builds a langchain tool that incapsules a custom function
# that retrieve weather forecasts data
#
import json
from typing import List
from langchain.agents import Tool


#
# weather_data_retriever
# is an example of a custom python function
# that takes a list of custom arguments and returns a text (or in general any data structure)
#
def weather_data_retriever(where: str = None, when: str = None, required_data: List[str] = []) -> str:
    '''
    given a location and a time period, this custom function
    returns weather forecast as a data structure (in JSON format).

    This is a mockup function, returning a fixed text tempalte.
    The function could wrap an external API returning realtime weather forecast.

    parameters:
        where: location as text, e.g. 'Genova, Italy'
        when: time period, e.g. 'today, now'

    returns:
        weather foreast description as a JSON. E.g.
        {"forecast": "sunny all the day", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius"}

    '''
    if where and when:
        # this function is a mockup, returns fake/hardcoded weather forecast data
        data = {
            'forecast': 'sunny',
            'temperature': '20 degrees Celsius'
        }

    if not where:
        data['where'] = 'location is not specified'

    if not when:
        data['when'] = 'date is not specified'

    # if required variable names are not included in the data section,
    # the attribute is added to the dictionary with value I don't know.
    for variable_name in required_data:
        if variable_name not in data.keys():
            data[variable_name] = 'unknown'

    return json.dumps(data)


def weather(json_request: str) -> str:
    '''
    Takes a JSON dictionary as input in the form:
        { "when":"<time>", "where":"<location>" }

    Example:
        { "when":"today", "where":"Genova, Italy" }

    Args:
        request (str): The JSON dictionary input string.

    Returns:
        The weather data for the specified location and time.
    '''
    arguments = json.loads(json_request)
    where = arguments["where"]
    when = arguments["when"]
    required_data = arguments["required_data"]
    return weather_data_retriever(where=where, when=when, required_data=required_data)


#
# instantiate the langchain tool.
# The tool description instructs the LLM to pass data using a JSON.
# Note the "{{" and "}}": this double quotation is needed
# to avoid a runt-time error triggered by the agent instatiation.
#
name = "weather"
request_format = '{{"when":"<time>","where":"<location>","required_data":["variable_name"]}}'
description = f'''
Helps to retrieve weather forecast.
Input should be JSON in the following format: {request_format}
'''

# create an instance of the custom langchain tool
Weather = Tool(name=name, func=weather, description=description)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(weather_data_retriever(where='Genova, Italy', when='today'))
    # => in Genova, Italy, today is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.

    print(weather('{ "when":"today", "where":"Genova, Italy" }'))
    # => in Genova, Italy, today is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.

    # print the Weather tool
    print(Weather)

Some tests

$ py agent.py "how is the weather today in Genova?"
question: how is the weather today in Genova?


> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to get the weather forecast for Genova
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"today","where":"Genova","required_data":["temperature","humidity"]}
Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius", "humidity": "unknown"}
Thought: I now know the final answer
Final Answer: The forecast for today in Genova is sunny with a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius. The humidity is unknown.

> Finished chain.

$ py agent.py "please give me the wind speedi and temperature in Milan, Italy"
question: please give me the wind speedi and temperature in Milan, Italy

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to get the weather forecast for Milan
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"now","where":"Milan, Italy","required_data":["wind_speed","temperature"]}
Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius", "wind_speed": "unknown"}
Thought: I need to get the current date and time
Action: datetime
Action Input: none
Observation: {"date": "Sunday, February 05, 2023", "time": "06:48 PM"}
Thought: I now know the final answer
Final Answer: The wind speed and temperature in Milan, Italy on Sunday, February 05, 2023 at 06:48 PM is 20 degrees Celsius and unknown wind speed.

$ py agent.py "please give me the wind speed in Milan, Italy"
question: please give me the wind speed in Milan, Italy


> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to get the weather forecast for Milan
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"now","where":"Milan, Italy","required_data":["wind_speed"]}
Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius", "wind_speed": "unknown"}
Thought: I need to get the current date and time
Action: datetime
Action Input: none
Observation: {"date": "Sunday, February 05, 2023", "time": "06:48 PM"}
Thought: I now have the current date and time and the weather forecast for Milan
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"Sunday, February 05, 2023 06:48 PM","where":"Milan, Italy","required_data":["wind_speed"]}
Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius", "wind_speed": "unknown"}
Thought: I now know the wind speed in Milan
Final Answer: The wind speed in Milan, Italy is unknown.

> Finished chain.

Notes

So foreseeing the required_info list, the weather tool apparently works better. Hallucinations are mitigated.
Curiously, now the LLM invoke also the datetime tool, even if not necessarily required, and also ask "humidity" in general weather forecast ask. I don't know why :-).
For a tool in general, I'm still perplexed if the right way to go is to answer with a JSON data structure or a ready-done sentence. It appear to me that the INPUT JSON data are perfectly generated by the LLM, whereas the OUTPUT JSON attributed are not perfectly formatted in the final sentence that LLM generates.

What do you think?

Feb 05 '23 18:02 solyarisoftware

This is a great thread and very helpful. I've been doing something similar, but nowhere near as elegantly as this or rigorously tested.

I've been working on my own AGI system and I have a voice interface as well as a Discord interface. I have the best luck when I use the return_direct=True property and just get the requested data back immediately.

This is a fun little tool that generates an image link from the DallE endpoint.

               Tool(
                name="Image Generator",
                func=generate_image,
                return_direct=True,
                description="""Only use if message is prepended with "From Discord:"!
                Generates an AI image from the text input and output a url that you can share to Discord.
                
                Input is a prompt describing the image to generate and output is a description of the image.

                """,
            ),
            
    def generate_image(prompt):           
       openai.api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
        try:
            response = openai.Image.create(
                prompt=prompt,
                n=1,
                size="256x256",
            )
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Error while generating image: {e}")
            return "Error while generating image"

        return response["data"][0]["url"]

Feb 09 '23 05:02 mabry1985

I have a return time method which isn't returned directly. This one is less reliable, but because its not needing any data I generally don't run into issues trying to get the llm to interact with it

            Tool(
                name="Current Time",
                func=self.get_time,
                description="""useful for when the user asks for the time. 
                 As in 'what time is it?' or 'do you have the time?' 

                 No input required, just return the time.
                 """,
            ),
            
            
    def get_time(self, msg):
        now = datetime.datetime.now()
        return now.strftime("%I:%M %p")

Feb 09 '23 05:02 mabry1985

I like the idea of being more explicit with the typing and wasn't aware the python was a typed language as you are using it. This is very helpful for me.

The main reason I am here is because I have been running into this issue with the "Could not parse LLM output:" in the Search tool, using the Google wrapper

For instance, after asking to generate an example of some technical architecture I got the error:

User: Generate an example of the architecture required for something like this

AI: I'm sorry, it seems like there was an issue with your message. Could you please try again? 

Error: Check the server logs if the issue continues: Could not parse LLM output: ` Do I need to use a tool? Yes`

Feb 09 '23 05:02 mabry1985

Thanks Josh for your notes and examples!

I have the best luck when I use the return_direct=True property and just get the requested data back immediately.

Good remind of this flag, also documented here: https://langchain.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/agents/examples/custom_tools.html#using-tools-to-return-directly

Some tests:

Test 1 (return_direct=False => PASSED)

I have my dumb weather forecasts tool, set with return_direct=False In this case the tool return the JSON {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius"} and the LLM review the JSON writing the perfect sentence: The current temperature in Rome is 20 degrees Celsius.

$ py agent.py "What's the current temperature in Rome?"
question: What's the current temperature in Rome?

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to get the current temperature in Rome.
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"now","where":"Rome"}
Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius"}
Thought: I now know the current temperature in Rome.
Final Answer: The current temperature in Rome is 20 degrees Celsius.

> Finished chain.
The current temperature in Rome is 20 degrees Celsius.

Test 2 (return_direct=False => FAILED)

I have my dumb weather forecasts tool, set with return_direct=False The tool returns The location is not specified. Where are you? The agent continue WRONGLY to search the location hallucinating (inventing) New York. VERY BAD!

$ py agent.py "What's the current temperature?"
question: What's the current temperature?

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to get the current temperature.
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"now","where":"my location"}
Observation: The location is not specified. Where are you?
Thought: I need to specify the location.
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"now","where":"New York, NY"}
Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius"}
Thought: I now know the current temperature.
Final Answer: The current temperature in New York, NY is 20 degrees Celsius.

> Finished chain.
The current temperature in New York, NY is 20 degrees Celsius.

Test 3 (return_direct=True => PASSED)

I have my dumb weather forecasts tool, set with return_direct=True The tool returns The location is not specified. Where are you? The agent exit just reporting the sentence returned by the tool. YES! This is the expected behavor.

$ py agent.py "What's the current temperature?"
question: What's the current temperature?

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to get the current temperature.
Action: weather
Action Input: {"when":"now","where":"my location"}
Observation: The location is not specified. Where are you?

> Finished chain.
The location is not specified. Where are you?

Considerations

As far as I understand setting return_direct=True, the Tool exits immediately (from the agent / the LLM interaction). that has pros and cons.

Pros Returning directly could solve the big problem I complained in my previous comment where the agent continues to "reason" even if the tool returns an "error" (the lack of a needed "where" input variable in my weather tool example). Instead, enabling the return_direct flag, the tool (and the agent too) exit with a message for the user (the caller).

Cons But doing this another problem arise: the tool returned text is passed to the caller (the user) DIRECTLY, without the further LLM interpretation of the tool result. In other words, in this case the tool MUST return a fixed text, NOT a JSON (to be interpreted by the LLM). That is not optimal immo, because doing this the tool has to "hard-code" the returned scripted text. Instead, as general good practice, I'd prefer the tool would return a DATA STRUCTURE (JSON seems perfect) to be afterward literally "transcripted" by the language model (that has "in charge" the data content rewriting, in assonance with an initial tone instructions prompt, etc.).

BTW the "Could not parse LLM output:" seems to me a true bug. I'd suggest to open a new different issue to explain in detail the problem.

Thanks again giorgio

Feb 09 '23 14:02 solyarisoftware

UPDATE 4

I did more experiments and I updated the code I share here.

1. Lesson learned; initial issue maybe solved

The initial problem I raised is how to build a langchain tool wrapping any predefined python application function with a variable number of arguments.

The @hwchase17 suggestion to use JSON to manage structured data was great! Recent LLMs (openai GPT 3.5) seem to well "understand" the JSON format, so

tool input data a way to get input and output structured data is to instruct the LLM to produce suitable/expected JSON (input data structure = arguments) for your custom function. This is done with an appropriate tool "prompt" description.
tool output data You can apply the same strategy for the object returned by the tool (function): you can return a JSON when you want to give to the LLM a structured data to elaborate.

BTW, with "structured data" I mean a generic object containing key-values couples, aka a python dictionary, or a list.

Some successful tests

$ py agent.py "is today foggy in genova?"
question: is today foggy in genova?


> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to know the current weather in Genova
Action: weather
Action Input: {"period":"today","location":"genova"}
Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius"}
Thought: I now know the answer
Final Answer: No, today is not foggy in Genova.

> Finished chain.
No, today is not foggy in Genova.

$ py agent.py "What time is it"
question: What time is it


> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to find out the current time
Action: date_time
Action Input: {"specific_variables":["time"]}
Observation: {"date": "Tuesday, February 14, 2023", "time": "07:18 PM"}
Thought: I now know the current time
Final Answer: The current time is 07:18 PM.

> Finished chain.
The current time is 07:18 PM.

$ py agent.py "Is it raining outside?"
question: Is it raining outside?


> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to find out the current weather conditions.
Action: weather
Action Input: {"period":"now","location":"my current location"}
Observation: The location is not specified. Where are you?
Thought: I need to find out my current location.
Action: current_location
Action Input: None
Observation: {"city": "Genova", "country": "Italy"}
Thought: I now have the location, I can check the weather.
Action: weather
Action Input: {"period":"now","location":"Genova, Italy"}
Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius"}
Thought: I now know the current weather conditions.
Final Answer: No, it is not raining outside.

> Finished chain.
No, it is not raining outside.

$ py agent.py "What day is today?"
question: What day is today?


> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to find out the date
Action: date_time
Action Input: {"specific_variables":["date"]}
Observation: {"date": "Tuesday, February 14, 2023", "time": "07:22 PM"}
Thought: I now know the date
Final Answer: Today is Tuesday, February 14, 2023.

> Finished chain.
Today is Tuesday, February 14, 2023.

$ py agent.py "What's the weather in Milano, tomorrow evening?"
question: What's the weather in Milano, tomorrow evening?


> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to get the weather forecast for Milano tomorrow evening.
Action: weather
Action Input: {"period":"tomorrow evening","location":"Milano"}
Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius"}
Thought: I now know the weather forecast for Milano tomorrow evening.
Final Answer: The weather in Milano tomorrow evening will be sunny with a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius.

> Finished chain.
The weather in Milano tomorrow evening will be sunny with a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius.

@hwchase17 Following my experiments with JSON I/O "tooling", we maybe could be considered closed the current issue. Maybe we could add the following example somewhere as documentation, if you believe it useful?

2. Tool exception handling

Nevertheless, I'm perplexed by results of inserting tools (using the described JSON I/O) in a React langchain agent.

The problem is that I miss a way to exit form the agent when a tool return an exception, or an error. A specific issue arise by example when the tool fails because it lack of a REQUIRED argument, by example inhibiting a successful data retrieval. See this FAILING/controverse case:

$ py agent.py "What's the tumorrow humidity in Rome?"
question: What's the tumorrow humidity in Rome?

> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
I need to get the weather forecast for Rome
Action: weather
Action Input: {"period":"tomorrow","location":"Rome","specific_variables":["humidity"]}
**Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius", "humidity": "data not available"}**
**Thought: The humidity data is not available, I need to look for another source**
Action: current_location
Action Input: None
Observation: {"city": "Genova", "country": "Italy"}
Thought: I need to get the weather forecast for Genova
Action: weather
Action Input: {"period":"tomorrow","location":"Genova","specific_variables":["humidity"]}
Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius", "humidity": "data not available"}
Thought: The humidity data is not available, I need to look for another source
Action: date_time
Action Input: {"specific_variables":["humidity"]}
Observation: {"date": "Tuesday, February 14, 2023", "time": "06:38 PM"}
Thought: I now know the final answer
Final Answer: The humidity data for tomorrow in Rome is not available.

Here the problem is that the weather tool states it can't return the humidity (the data is not available):

Action: weather
Action Input: {"period":"tomorrow","location":"Rome","specific_variables":["humidity"]}
Observation: {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius", "humidity": "data not available"}

The expected behavior is an exit, with a message like:

Final Answer: The humidity data for tomorrow in Rome is not available. but instead the agent continues the "reasoning", "random" walking, to look data sources:

Thought: The humidity data is not available, I need to look for another source

Ok, this is maybe a problem related to the React agent.

My general question is how to allow a tool to BREAK the agent elaborating (in case of any tool exception/error?

BTW, setting return_direct=True doesn't seem to be a solution, for two reasons:

If the tool return directly, this bypass the LLM interpretation of the tool returned object (or sentence)
A complex agent could involve complex logic where the tools must not return directly but could be used many times inside the logic..

All in all I miss a mechanism to BREAK the agent reasoning, when a tool "fails" for some reasons, inhibiting further agent elaboration. In these case I want the tool exit (JSON) object be processed (interpreted) by the LLM before the final return to the agent caller. Any idea?

Proof of concept code used in tests

#
# tools_agent.py
#
# zero-shot react agent that reply questions using available tools
# - Weater
# - Datetime
# - Location
#
# The agent gets the question as a command line argument (a quoted sentence).
# $ py tools_agent.py What about the weather today in Genova, Italy
#
import sys

from langchain.agents import initialize_agent
from langchain.llms import OpenAI
from langchain import LLMChain
from langchain.prompts import PromptTemplate

# import custom tools
from weather_tool import Weather
from datetime_tool import Datetime
from location_tool import Location

llm = OpenAI(temperature=0, verbose=True)

template = '''\
Please respond to the questions accurately and succinctly. \
If you are unable to obtain the necessary data after seeking help, \
indicate that you do not know.
'''

prompt = PromptTemplate(input_variables=[], template=template)

# debug
# print(prompt.format())

# Load the tool configs that are needed.
llm_weather_chain = LLMChain(
    llm=llm,
    prompt=prompt,
    verbose=True
)

tools = [
    Weather,
    Datetime,
    Location
]

# Construct the react agent type.
agent = initialize_agent(
    tools,
    llm,
    agent="zero-shot-react-description",
    verbose=True
)

# DEBUG
# https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain/issues/912#issuecomment-1426646112
# agent.agent.llm_chain.verbose=True

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        question = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
        print('question: ' + question)

        # run the agent
        answer = agent.run(question)
        print(answer)
    else:
        print('Agent answers questions using Weater and Datetime custom tools')
        print('usage: py tools_agent.py <question sentence>')
        print('example: py tools_agent.py what time is it?')

#
# weather_tool.py
# A langchain tool that retrieves (fake) weather forecasts data
#
import json
from typing import List
from langchain.agents import Tool


def weather_data_retriever(
    location: str = None,
    period: str = None,
    specific_variables: List[str] = []
) -> str:
    '''
    The function is an example of a custom python function
    that takes a list of custom arguments and returns a text (or in general any data structure)

    Given a location and a time period, this custom function
    returns weather forecast as a data structure (in JSON format).

    This is a mockup function, returning a fixed text tempalte.
    The function could wrap an external API returning realtime weather forecast.

    parameters:
        location: location as text, e.g. 'Genova, Italy'
        period: time period, e.g. 'today'
        specific_variables: list of specific/required variable names, e.g ["temperature", "humidity"]

    returns:
        weather foreast description as a JSON. E.g.
        {"forecast": "sunny all the day", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius"}

    '''
    data = {}

    # this function is a mockup, returns fake/hardcoded weather forecast data
    data['forecast'] = 'sunny'
    data['temperature'] = '20 degrees Celsius'

    # ERROR/EXCEPTION: DISAMBIGUATION REQUIRED
    # the tool can't elaborate because it doesn't has the mandatory variable 'location',
    # so the returned content is an hardcoded error sentence (not a JSON), requiring a user disambiguation.
    if not location or ('location' in location):
        return 'The location is not specified. Where are you?'

    # warning: the variable period is not defined so a default value is assigned
    if not period or period == 'period':
        data['period'] = 'now'

    # if required variable names are not included in the data section,
    # the attribute is added to the dictionary with value I don't know.
    for variable_name in specific_variables:
        if variable_name not in data.keys():
            data[variable_name] = 'data not available'

    return json.dumps(data)


def weather(json_request: str) -> str:
    '''
    wraps the weather_data_retriever function,
    converting the input JSON in separated arguments.

    Args:
        request (str): The JSON dictionary input string.

        Takes a JSON dictionary as input in the form:
            { "period":"<period>", "location":"<location>", "specific_variables":["variable_name", ... ]}

        Example:
            { "period":"today", "location":"Genova, Italy", "specific_variables":["humidity"]}

    Returns:
        The weather data for the specified location and time.
    '''
    arguments = json.loads(json_request)

    location = arguments.get('location', None)
    period = arguments.get('period', None)
    specific_variables = arguments.get('specific_variables', [])

    return weather_data_retriever(location=location, period=period, specific_variables=specific_variables)


#
# instantiate the langchain tool.
# The tool description instructs the LLM to pass data using a JSON.
# Note the "{{" and "}}": this double quotation is needed
# to avoid a runt-time error triggered by the agent instatiation.
#
name = 'weather'
request_format = '{{"period":"period","location":"location","specific_variables":["variable_name"]}}'
description = f'''
Helps to retrieve weather forecast.
Input should be JSON in the following format: {request_format}
Supply "specific_variables" list just if you really need them.
If don't know the value to be assigned to a key, omit the key.
'''

# create an instance of the custom langchain tool
Weather = Tool(
    name=name,
    func=weather,
    description=description,
    return_direct=False
)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    # print(weather_data_retriever(location='Genova, Italy', period='today'))
    # => in Genova, Italy, today is sunny! Temperature is 20 degrees Celsius.

    print(weather('{ "period":"today", "location":"Genova, Italy" }'))
    # => {"forecast": "sunny", "temperature": "20 degrees Celsius"}

    print(weather('{ "period":"today" }'))
    # => The location is not specified. Where are you?

    # print the Weather tool
    print(Weather)

# datetime_tool.py
# A langchain tool that returns current local date and time
#
import datetime
import json
from langchain.agents import Tool


def time():
    # Get the current time
    current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
    # Format the time as a string in a local format

    local_time = current_time.strftime("%I:%M %p")
    return local_time


def date():
    # Get the current time
    current_time = datetime.datetime.now()

    # Format the time as a string in a local format
    local_time = current_time.strftime("%A, %B %d, %Y")
    return local_time


def datetime_tool(request: str = None) -> str:
    '''
    returns currend date and time

    Args:
        request (str): optional.
            If specified contains a list of specific variable needed, e.g.

            {"specific_variables":["time"]}

    Returns:
        date and time as a JSON data structure, in the format:

        '{{"fulldate":"<fulldate>","date":"<date>","time":"<time>"}}'
    '''

    data = {
        'date': date(),
        'time': time()
    }

    response_as_json = json.dumps(data)
    return response_as_json


#
# instantiate the langchain tool.
# The tool description instructs the LLM to pass data using a JSON.
# Note the "{{" and "}}": this double quotation is needed to avoid a runt-time error triggered by the agent instatiation.
#
name = "date_time"
# response_format = '{{"fulldate":"<fulldate>","date":"<date>","time":"<time>"}}'
request_format = '{{"specific_variables":["variable_name"]}}'
response_format = '{{"date":"<date>","time":"<time>"}}'
description = f'''
helps to retrieve date and time.
Input should be an optional JSON in the following format: {request_format}
Output is a JSON in the following format: {response_format}'
'''

# create an instance of the custom langchain tool
Datetime = Tool(
    name=name,
    func=datetime_tool,
    description=description,
    return_direct=False
)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(datetime_tool('{"specific_variables":["date"]}'))
    # => {"date": "Tuesday, February 14, 2023", "time": "07:22 PM"}

    print(Datetime)

#
# location_tool.py
# A langchain tool that retrieves current location data
#
import json
from langchain.agents import Tool


def location(json_request: str = None) -> str:
    '''
    Returns:
        The current location data in JSON format.
    '''
    data = {}

    # this function is a mockup, returns fake/hardcoded location forecast data
    data['city'] = 'Genova'
    data['country'] = 'Italy'
    # data['latitude'] = 44.411111
    # data['longitude'] = 8.932778
    # data['timezone'] = 'CET'

    return json.dumps(data)


#
# instantiate the langchain tool.
# The tool description instructs the LLM to pass data using a JSON.
# Note the "{{" and "}}": this double quotation is needed
# to avoid a runt-time error triggered by the agent instantiation.
#
name = 'current_location'
description = 'Helps to retrieve current location data (where I\'m now). Returns a JSON with relevant variables'

# create an instance of the custom langchain tool
Location = Tool(
    name=name,
    func=location,
    description=description,
    return_direct=False
)


if __name__ == '__main__':

    print(location())
    # => {"city": "Genova", "country": "Italy", "latitude": 44.411111, "longitude": 8.932778, "timezone": "CET"}

    # print the Location tool
    print(Location)

Feb 14 '23 18:02 solyarisoftware

Thanks for the implementation. This is a successful test case with all the tools in the toolbox.

tools = [
    Weather,
    Datetime,
    Location
]

question: what date was yesterday


> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to know the current date and time
Action: date_time
Action Input: {"specific_variables":["date"]}
Observation: {"date": "Saturday, May 13, 2023", "time": "11:06 PM"}
Thought: I need to subtract one day from the current date
Action: date_time
Action Input: {"specific_variables":["date"]}
Observation: {"date": "Saturday, May 13, 2023", "time": "11:06 PM"}
Thought: I now know the final answer
Final Answer: Friday, May 12, 2023

> Finished chain.
Friday, May 12, 2023

However, I did notice that the ReAct part of the agent would affect the result. If I removed weather tool, then agent will be reasoning in a different way which ended up with an incorrect answer. How to make it more consistent?

tools = [
    Datetime,
    Location
]

question: what date was yesterday


> Entering new AgentExecutor chain...
 I need to find out what yesterday's date was
Action: date_time
Action Input: {"specific_variables":["date"]}
Observation: {"date": "Saturday, May 13, 2023", "time": "11:10 PM"}
Thought: I now know the date of yesterday
Final Answer: Yesterday's date was Saturday, May 13, 2023.

> Finished chain.
Yesterday's date was Saturday, May 13, 2023.

May 13 '23 13:05 wangml999

Interesting. In facts in the previous apparently correct answer, weather tool is not called (and don't add useful info to obtain the final result), so it's unclear why ReAct behaves. removing the weather tool, the agent hallucinates 👎🏼

BTW, the point 2 of my previous post remains unsolved, for me.

May 15 '23 11:05 solyarisoftware

I don't know why my input turn into string raise a Attribute Error: AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'read'

Aug 16 '23 12:08 huangzhenyu

I don't know why my input turn into string raise a Attribute Error: AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'read'

my request_format

Aug 16 '23 12:08 huangzhenyu

I don't know why my input turn into string raise a Attribute Error: AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'read'

I see that after the JSON in the Action Input, there is a trailing comma. Could it be a possible cause?

Aug 16 '23 14:08 solyarisoftware

I don't know why my input turn into string raise a Attribute Error: AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'read'

I see that after the JSON in the Action Input, there is a trailing comma. Could it be a possible cause?

Yes!! That is it!!

Aug 17 '23 03:08 huangzhenyu

I had to be more specific in the description and say "single string strictly in the following JSON format"

def weather(action_input: str) -> str:

    print(action_input)
    input_obj = json.loads(action_input)
    where = input_obj["location"]
    when = input_obj["date"]
    # call api

def setup_tool():
    weather_request_format = '{{"date":"date","location":"location"}}'
    weather_description = f'''
Helps to retrieve weather forecast.
Input should be a single string strictly in the following JSON format: {weather_request_format}
'''

    return Tool(
        name="Weather",
        func=weather,
        description=weather_description
    )

Aug 26 '23 16:08 dasiths

Not sure if its relevant: Function calling in chatgpt / langchain: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/function-calling https://js.langchain.com/docs/modules/model_io/models/chat/how_to/function_calling https://openai.com/blog/function-calling-and-other-api-updates

JSON mode https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/text-generation/json-mode

Nov 22 '23 22:11 ari62

@ari62 @all

Yes, OpenAI models "function calling" feature is the OpenAI final solution when concerning the title of the current issue (I opened in February 2023, at the times function calling wasn't exist).

Nevertheless the topic has maybe already sense to exist, and maybe i'd leave this issue open, because not all LLM have the function calling (fine-tuning) feature. By example just if we use a OpenAI (or any other) LLM that doesn't has the function calling feature. To be hones I didn't try, say a GPT3.5-Turbo version 0301 (or a LLAMA2) as behind the scenes langchain tool building. Anyone maybe experimented?

thanks giorgio

Nov 26 '23 17:11 solyarisoftware

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Designing a Tool to interface any Python custom function

Tests

Runtime Test 1

Runtime Test 2

Runtime Test 3

Temporary conclusions

UPDATE 2

Summary

A proof-of-concept trivial demo

weather_tool.py

datetime_tool.py

tools_agent.py

Usage tests

Test 1: what today is?

Test 2: what the weater in genova?

Test 3: what time is it?

Test 4: what's the current humidity in Genova?

how to solve the hallucination issue?

UPDATE 3

Some tests

Notes

Test 1 (return_direct=False => PASSED)

Test 2 (return_direct=False => FAILED)

Test 3 (return_direct=True => PASSED)

Considerations

UPDATE 4

1. Lesson learned; initial issue maybe solved

Some successful tests

2. Tool exception handling

Proof of concept code used in tests

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Test 1: `what today is?`

Test 2: `what the weater in genova?`

Test 3: `what time is it?`

Test 4: `what's the current humidity in Genova?`