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[Feature Request] allow list of messages as system_messages
Right now ConversableAgent only allows str type for system_message argument in constructor. We should support a list of messages as system messages that can contain multiple in context learning examples. This is useful especially for smaller open weight models.
system_messages do not need to be system roles, they can have user or assistant role.
This is also what I need. Do you have a development plan for this task recently?
We are organizing this into our roadmaps. https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aroadmap
Would you like to help with this one?
I'm working on it now. Which models can I test this against that supports arrays of system messages?
@jtoy We can test it on GPT-4 first. But I believe most models with OpenAI compatible API can support list of system messages.
Just note that some open source models/inference engines require alternating roles for messages, so some wouldn't support two or more system messages in a row.
Just note that some open source models/inference engines require alternating roles for messages, so some wouldn't support two or more system messages in a row.
Right. We need to highlight that the system messages can have any roles.
