Conversation Buffer
This notebook shows how to use ConversationBufferMemory. This memory allows for storing messages and then extracts the messages in a variable.
We can first extract it as a string.
from langchain.memory import ConversationBufferMemory
API Reference:
memory = ConversationBufferMemory()
memory.save_context({"input": "hi"}, {"output": "whats up"})
memory.load_memory_variables({})
{'history': 'Human: hi\nAI: whats up'}
We can also get the history as a list of messages (this is useful if you are using this with a chat model).
memory = ConversationBufferMemory(return_messages=True)
memory.save_context({"input": "hi"}, {"output": "whats up"})
memory.load_memory_variables({})
{'history': [HumanMessage(content='hi', additional_kwargs={}),
AIMessage(content='whats up', additional_kwargs={})]}
Using in a chain
Finally, let's take a look at using this in a chain (setting verbose=True so we can see the prompt).
from langchain_openai import OpenAI
from langchain.chains import ConversationChain
llm = OpenAI(temperature=0)
conversation = ConversationChain(
llm=llm,
verbose=True,
memory=ConversationBufferMemory()
)
API Reference:
conversation.predict(input="Hi there!")
> Entering new ConversationChain chain...
Prompt after formatting:
The following is a friendly conversation between a human and an AI. The AI is talkative and provides lots of specific details from its context. If the AI does not know the answer to a question, it truthfully says it does not know.
Current conversation:
Human: Hi there!
AI:
> Finished chain.
" Hi there! It's nice to meet you. How can I help you today?"
conversation.predict(input="I'm doing well! Just having a conversation with an AI.")
> Entering new ConversationChain chain...
Prompt after formatting:
The following is a friendly conversation between a human and an AI. The AI is talkative and provides lots of specific details from its context. If the AI does not know the answer to a question, it truthfully says it does not know.
Current conversation:
Human: Hi there!
AI: Hi there! It's nice to meet you. How can I help you today?
Human: I'm doing well! Just having a conversation with an AI.
AI:
> Finished chain.
" That's great! It's always nice to have a conversation with someone new. What would you like to talk about?"
conversation.predict(input="Tell me about yourself.")
> Entering new ConversationChain chain...
Prompt after formatting:
The following is a friendly conversation between a human and an AI. The AI is talkative and provides lots of specific details from its context. If the AI does not know the answer to a question, it truthfully says it does not know.
Current conversation:
Human: Hi there!
AI: Hi there! It's nice to meet you. How can I help you today?
Human: I'm doing well! Just having a conversation with an AI.
AI: That's great! It's always nice to have a conversation with someone new. What would you like to talk about?
Human: Tell me about yourself.
AI:
> Finished chain.
" Sure! I'm an AI created to help people with their everyday tasks. I'm programmed to understand natural language and provide helpful information. I'm also constantly learning and updating my knowledge base so I can provide more accurate and helpful answers."