This pull request adds an enum class for the various types of agents
used in the project, located in the `agent_types.py` file. Currently,
the project is using hardcoded strings for the initialization of these
agents, which can lead to errors and make the code harder to maintain.
With the introduction of the new enums, the code will be more readable
and less error-prone.
The new enum members include:
- ZERO_SHOT_REACT_DESCRIPTION
- REACT_DOCSTORE
- SELF_ASK_WITH_SEARCH
- CONVERSATIONAL_REACT_DESCRIPTION
- CHAT_ZERO_SHOT_REACT_DESCRIPTION
- CHAT_CONVERSATIONAL_REACT_DESCRIPTION
In this PR, I have also replaced the hardcoded strings with the
appropriate enum members throughout the codebase, ensuring a smooth
transition to the new approach.
Updating documentation in initialize_agent.
One thing that could benefit from further clarification is the
responsibility
breakdown by between an AgentExecutor vs. an Agent. The documentation
for an
AgentExecutor does not clarify that. From the class attributes, it
appears that
executor has access to the tools, while the agent is only aware of the
tool
names. Anyway, additional clarification would be beneficial on the
AgentExecutor class.
# Problem
I noticed that in order to change the prefix of the prompt in the
`zero-shot-react-description` agent
we had to dig around to subset strings deep into the agent's attributes.
It requires the user to inspect a long chain of attributes and classes.
`initialize_agent -> AgentExecutor -> Agent -> LLMChain -> Prompt from
Agent.create_prompt`
``` python
agent = initialize_agent(
tools=tools,
llm=fake_llm,
agent="zero-shot-react-description"
)
prompt_str = agent.agent.llm_chain.prompt.template
new_prompt_str = change_prefix(prompt_str)
agent.agent.llm_chain.prompt.template = new_prompt_str
```
# Implemented Solution
`initialize_agent` accepts `**kwargs` but passes it to `AgentExecutor`
but not `ZeroShotAgent`, by simply giving the kwargs to the agent class
methods we can support changing the prefix and suffix for one agent
while allowing future agents to take advantage of `initialize_agent`.
```
agent = initialize_agent(
tools=tools,
llm=fake_llm,
agent="zero-shot-react-description",
agent_kwargs={"prefix": prefix, "suffix": suffix}
)
```
To be fair, this was before finding docs around custom agents here:
https://langchain.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/agents/examples/custom_agent.html?highlight=custom%20#custom-llmchain
but i find that my use case just needed to change the prefix a little.
# Changes
* Pass kwargs to Agent class method
* Added a test to check suffix and prefix
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Co-authored-by: Jason Liu <jason@jxnl.coA>
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