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Add /system-as-user for models without system role support. #493

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Add /system-as-prompt command
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions src/subcommands/chat/react/Chat.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export const ChatComponent = React.memo(
const [userInputState, setUserInputState] = useState<ChatUserInputState>(emptyChatInputState);
const [isPredicting, setIsPredicting] = useState(false);
const [showPredictionSpinner, setShowPredictionSpinner] = useState(false);
const [systemAsUser, setSystemAsUser] = useState(false);
const [modelLoadingProgress, setModelLoadingProgress] = useState<number | null>(null);
const [statusMessage, setStatusMessage] = useState<string | null>(null);
const [flickerCount, setFlickerCount] = useState(0);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -160,6 +161,8 @@ export const ChatComponent = React.memo(
setModelLoadingProgress,
modelLoadingAbortControllerRef,
lastPredictionStatsRef,
systemAsUser,
setSystemAsUser,
});
handler.setCommands(commands);
return handler;
Expand All @@ -174,6 +177,7 @@ export const ChatComponent = React.memo(
logInChat,
logErrorInChat,
shouldFetchModelCatalog,
systemAsUser,
]);

const suggestions = useMemo<Suggestion[]>(() => {
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35 changes: 33 additions & 2 deletions src/subcommands/chat/react/slashCommands.ts
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Expand Up @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export interface CreateSlashCommandsOpts {
setModelLoadingProgress: Dispatch<SetStateAction<number | null>>;
modelLoadingAbortControllerRef: RefObject<AbortController | null>;
lastPredictionStatsRef: RefObject<LLMPredictionStats | null>;
systemAsUser: boolean;
setSystemAsUser: Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>;
}

export function createSlashCommands({
Expand All @@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ export function createSlashCommands({
setModelLoadingProgress,
modelLoadingAbortControllerRef,
lastPredictionStatsRef,
systemAsUser,
setSystemAsUser,
}: CreateSlashCommandsOpts): SlashCommand[] {
return [
{
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -150,9 +154,12 @@ export function createSlashCommands({
cursorInSegmentOffset: 0,
});
console.clear();
const systemPrompt = chatRef.current.getSystemPrompt();
const systemPrompt = systemAsUser
? chatRef.current.at(0).getText()
: chatRef.current.getSystemPrompt();
const role = systemAsUser ? "user" : "system";
chatRef.current = Chat.empty();
chatRef.current.append("system", systemPrompt);
chatRef.current.append(role, systemPrompt);
lastPredictionStatsRef.current = null;
},
},
Expand All @@ -170,6 +177,30 @@ export function createSlashCommands({
logInChat("System prompt updated to: " + prompt);
},
},
{
name: "system-as-user",
description: "Toggle sending system messages as user messages",
handler: async () => {
setMessages([]);
setUserInputState({
segments: [{ type: "text", content: "" }],
cursorOnSegmentIndex: 0,
cursorInSegmentOffset: 0,
});
console.clear();
setSystemAsUser(!systemAsUser);

const systemPrompt = systemAsUser
? chatRef.current.at(0).getText()
: chatRef.current.getSystemPrompt();
const role = !systemAsUser ? "user" : "system";

chatRef.current = Chat.empty();
chatRef.current.append(role, systemPrompt);

logInChat(`System messages will now be sent as ${role} messages.`);
},
},
{
name: "stats",
description: "Show stats of the previous generation",
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