"This notebook goes over how to use the Memory class with an LLMChain. For the purposes of this walkthrough, we will add the [ConversationBufferMemory](https://api.python.langchain.com/en/latest/memory/langchain.memory.buffer.ConversationBufferMemory.html#langchain.memory.buffer.ConversationBufferMemory) class, although this can be any memory class."
"The most important step is setting up the prompt correctly. In the below prompt, we have two input keys: one for the actual input, another for the input from the Memory class. Importantly, we make sure the keys in the PromptTemplate and the ConversationBufferMemory match up (`chat_history`)."
"## Adding Memory to a Chat Model-based LLMChain\n",
"\n",
"The above works for completion-style `LLM`s, but if you are using a chat model, you will likely get better performance using structured chat messages. Below is an example."
"We will use the [ChatPromptTemplate](https://api.python.langchain.com/en/latest/prompts/langchain.prompts.chat.ChatPromptTemplate.html) class to set up the chat prompt.\n",
"\n",
"The [from_messages](https://api.python.langchain.com/en/latest/prompts/langchain.prompts.chat.ChatPromptTemplate.html#langchain.prompts.chat.ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages) method creates a ChatPromptTemplate from a list of messages (e.g., SystemMessage, HumanMessage, AIMessage, ChatMessage, etc.) or message templates, such as the [MessagesPlaceholder](https://api.python.langchain.com/en/latest/prompts/langchain.prompts.chat.MessagesPlaceholder.html#langchain.prompts.chat.MessagesPlaceholder) below.\n",
"\n",
"The configuration below makes it so the memory will be injected to the middle of the chat prompt, in the \"chat_history\" key, and the user's inputs will be added in a human/user message to the end of the chat prompt."
]
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"id": "9bb8cde1-67c2-4133-b453-5c34fb36ff74",
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"prompt = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages([\n",
" SystemMessage(content=\"You are a chatbot having a conversation with a human.\"), # The persistent system prompt\n",
" MessagesPlaceholder(variable_name=\"chat_history\"), # Where the memory will be stored.\n",
" HumanMessagePromptTemplate.from_template(\"{human_input}\"), # Where the human input will injectd\n",
"\u001b[1m> Entering new LLMChain chain...\u001b[0m\n",
"Prompt after formatting:\n",
"\u001b[32;1m\u001b[1;3mSystem: You are a chatbot having a conversation with a human.\n",
"Human: Hi there my friend\u001b[0m\n",
"\n",
"\u001b[1m> Finished chain.\u001b[0m\n"
]
},
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"data": {
"text/plain": [
"'Hello! How can I assist you today, my friend?'"
]
},
"execution_count": 9,
"metadata": {},
"output_type": "execute_result"
}
],
"source": [
"chat_llm_chain.predict(human_input=\"Hi there my friend\")"
]
},
{
"cell_type": "code",
"execution_count": 10,
"id": "bdf04ebe-525a-4156-a3a7-65fd2df8d6fc",
"metadata": {
"tags": []
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"outputs": [
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"name": "stdout",
"output_type": "stream",
"text": [
"\n",
"\n",
"\u001b[1m> Entering new LLMChain chain...\u001b[0m\n",
"Prompt after formatting:\n",
"\u001b[32;1m\u001b[1;3mSystem: You are a chatbot having a conversation with a human.\n",
"Human: Hi there my friend\n",
"AI: Hello! How can I assist you today, my friend?\n",
"Human: Not too bad - how are you?\u001b[0m\n",
"\n",
"\u001b[1m> Finished chain.\u001b[0m\n"
]
},
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"data": {
"text/plain": [
"\"I'm an AI chatbot, so I don't have feelings, but I'm here to help and chat with you! Is there something specific you would like to talk about or any questions I can assist you with?\""
]
},
"execution_count": 10,
"metadata": {},
"output_type": "execute_result"
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"source": [
"chat_llm_chain.predict(human_input=\"Not too bad - how are you?\")"