agent refactor

docs/examples/agents/custom_agent.ipynb

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.7.6"
+   "version": "3.10.8"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,

langchain/agents/agent.py

@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, root_validator
 
+import langchain
 from langchain.agents.input import ChainedInput
 from langchain.agents.tools import Tool
 from langchain.chains.base import Chain
@@ -14,11 +15,6 @@ from langchain.input import get_color_mapping
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
 from langchain.prompts.base import BasePromptTemplate
 from langchain.schema import AgentAction, AgentFinish
-import langchain
-
-
-from typing import NamedTuple
-
 
 
 class Planner(BaseModel):
@@ -28,8 +24,9 @@ class Planner(BaseModel):
     a variable called "agent_scratchpad" where the agent can put its
     intermediary work.
     """
+
     llm_chain: LLMChain
-    return_values: List[str]
+    return_values: List[str] = ["output"]
 
     @abstractmethod
     def _extract_tool_and_input(self, text: str) -> Optional[Tuple[str, str]]:
@@ -43,7 +40,9 @@ class Planner(BaseModel):
     def _stop(self) -> List[str]:
         return [f"\n{self.observation_prefix}"]
 
-    def plan(self, intermediate_steps: List[Tuple[AgentAction, str]], **kwargs: Any) -> AgentAction:
+    def plan(
+        self, intermediate_steps: List[Tuple[AgentAction, str]], **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> Union[AgentFinish, AgentAction]:
         """Given input, decided what to do.
 
         Args:
@@ -68,11 +67,18 @@ class Planner(BaseModel):
             full_output += output
             parsed_output = self._extract_tool_and_input(full_output)
         tool, tool_input = parsed_output
+        if tool == self.finish_tool_name:
+            return AgentFinish({"output": tool_input}, full_output)
         return AgentAction(tool, tool_input, full_output)
 
-    def prepare_for_new_call(self):
+    def prepare_for_new_call(self) -> None:
         pass
 
+    @property
+    def finish_tool_name(self) -> str:
+        """Name of the tool to use to finish the chain."""
+        return "Final Answer"
+
     @property
     def input_keys(self) -> List[str]:
         """Return the input keys.
@@ -101,8 +107,25 @@ class Planner(BaseModel):
     def llm_prefix(self) -> str:
         """Prefix to append the LLM call with."""
 
+    @abstractmethod
+    @classmethod
+    def create_prompt(cls, tools: List[Tool]) -> BasePromptTemplate:
+        """Create a prompt for this class."""
 
-class NewAgent(Chain, BaseModel):
+    @classmethod
+    def _validate_tools(cls, tools: List[Tool]) -> None:
+        """Validate that appropriate tools are passed in."""
+        pass
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_llm_and_tools(cls, llm: LLM, tools: List[Tool]) -> Planner:
+        """Construct an agent from an LLM and tools."""
+        cls._validate_tools(tools)
+        llm_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=cls.create_prompt(tools))
+        return cls(llm_chain=llm_chain)
+
+
+class Agent(Chain, BaseModel):
 
     planner: Planner
     tools: List[Tool]
@@ -138,7 +161,7 @@ class NewAgent(Chain, BaseModel):
             [tool.name for tool in self.tools], excluded_colors=["green"]
         )
         planner_inputs = inputs.copy()
-        intermediate_steps = []
+        intermediate_steps: List[Tuple[AgentAction, str]] = []
         # We now enter the agent loop (until it returns something).
         while True:
             # Call the LLM to see what to do.
@@ -165,122 +188,3 @@ class NewAgent(Chain, BaseModel):
             if self.verbose:
                 langchain.logger.log_agent_observation(observation, color=color)
             intermediate_steps.append((output, observation))
-
-
-class Agent(Chain, BaseModel, ABC):
-    """Agent that uses an LLM."""
-
-    prompt: ClassVar[BasePromptTemplate]
-    llm_chain: LLMChain
-    tools: List[Tool]
-    return_intermediate_steps: bool = False
-    input_key: str = "input"  #: :meta private:
-    output_key: str = "output"  #: :meta private:
-
-    @property
-    def output_keys(self) -> List[str]:
-        """Return the singular output key.
-
-        :meta private:
-        """
-        if self.return_intermediate_steps:
-            return [self.output_key, "intermediate_steps"]
-        else:
-            return [self.output_key]
-
-    @root_validator()
-    def validate_prompt(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
-        """Validate that prompt matches format."""
-        prompt = values["llm_chain"].prompt
-        if "agent_scratchpad" not in prompt.input_variables:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "`agent_scratchpad` should be a variable in prompt.input_variables"
-            )
-        return values
-
-    @property
-    @abstractmethod
-    def observation_prefix(self) -> str:
-        """Prefix to append the observation with."""
-
-    @property
-    @abstractmethod
-    def llm_prefix(self) -> str:
-        """Prefix to append the LLM call with."""
-
-    @property
-    def finish_tool_name(self) -> str:
-        """Name of the tool to use to finish the chain."""
-        return "Final Answer"
-
-    @property
-    def starter_string(self) -> str:
-        """Put this string after user input but before first LLM call."""
-        return "\n"
-
-
-
-
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _validate_tools(cls, tools: List[Tool]) -> None:
-        """Validate that appropriate tools are passed in."""
-        pass
-
-    @classmethod
-    def create_prompt(cls, tools: List[Tool]) -> BasePromptTemplate:
-        """Create a prompt for this class."""
-        return cls.prompt
-
-    def _prepare_for_new_call(self) -> None:
-        pass
-
-    @classmethod
-    def from_llm_and_tools(cls, llm: LLM, tools: List[Tool], **kwargs: Any) -> Agent:
-        """Construct an agent from an LLM and tools."""
-        cls._validate_tools(tools)
-        llm_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=cls.create_prompt(tools))
-        return cls(llm_chain=llm_chain, tools=tools, **kwargs)
-
-    def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """Run text through and get agent response."""
-        # Do any preparation necessary when receiving a new input.
-        self._prepare_for_new_call()
-        # Construct a mapping of tool name to tool for easy lookup
-        name_to_tool_map = {tool.name: tool.func for tool in self.tools}
-        # We use the ChainedInput class to iteratively add to the input over time.
-        chained_input = ChainedInput(self.llm_prefix, verbose=self.verbose)
-        # We construct a mapping from each tool to a color, used for logging.
-        color_mapping = get_color_mapping(
-            [tool.name for tool in self.tools], excluded_colors=["green"]
-        )
-        # We now enter the agent loop (until it returns something).
-        while True:
-            # Call the LLM to see what to do.
-            output = self.get_action(chained_input.input, inputs)
-            # If the tool chosen is the finishing tool, then we end and return.
-            if output.tool == self.finish_tool_name:
-                final_output: dict = {self.output_key: output.tool_input}
-                if self.return_intermediate_steps:
-                    final_output[
-                        "intermediate_steps"
-                    ] = chained_input.intermediate_steps
-                return final_output
-            # Other we add the log to the Chained Input.
-            chained_input.add_action(output, color="green")
-            # And then we lookup the tool
-            if output.tool in name_to_tool_map:
-                chain = name_to_tool_map[output.tool]
-                # We then call the tool on the tool input to get an observation
-                observation = chain(output.tool_input)
-                color = color_mapping[output.tool]
-            else:
-                observation = f"{output.tool} is not a valid tool, try another one."
-                color = None
-            # We then log the observation
-            chained_input.add_observation(
-                observation,
-                self.observation_prefix,
-                self.llm_prefix,
-                color=color,
-            )

langchain/agents/loading.py

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 """Load agent."""
 from typing import Any, List
 
-from langchain.agents.agent import Agent
+from langchain.agents.agent import Agent, Planner
-from langchain.agents.mrkl.base import ZeroShotAgent
+from langchain.agents.mrkl.base import ZeroShotPlanner
-from langchain.agents.react.base import ReActDocstoreAgent
+from langchain.agents.react.base import ReActDocstorePlanner
-from langchain.agents.self_ask_with_search.base import SelfAskWithSearchAgent
+from langchain.agents.self_ask_with_search.base import SelfAskWithSearchPlanner
 from langchain.agents.tools import Tool
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
 
 AGENT_TO_CLASS = {
-    "zero-shot-react-description": ZeroShotAgent,
+    "zero-shot-react-description": ZeroShotPlanner,
-    "react-docstore": ReActDocstoreAgent,
+    "react-docstore": ReActDocstorePlanner,
-    "self-ask-with-search": SelfAskWithSearchAgent,
+    "self-ask-with-search": SelfAskWithSearchPlanner,
 }
 
 
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ def initialize_agent(
             f"Valid types are: {AGENT_TO_CLASS.keys()}."
         )
     agent_cls = AGENT_TO_CLASS[agent]
-    return agent_cls.from_llm_and_tools(llm, tools, **kwargs)
+    planner = agent_cls.from_llm_and_tools(llm, tools, **kwargs)
+    return Agent(planner=planner, tools=tools)

langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Any, Callable, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple
 
-from langchain.agents.agent import Agent
+from langchain.agents.agent import Agent, Planner
 from langchain.agents.mrkl.prompt import FORMAT_INSTRUCTIONS, PREFIX, SUFFIX
 from langchain.agents.tools import Tool
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def get_action_and_input(llm_output: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     return action, action_input.strip(" ").strip('"')
 
 
-class ZeroShotAgent(Agent):
+class ZeroShotPlanner(Planner):
     """Agent for the MRKL chain."""
 
     @property
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ class ZeroShotAgent(Agent):
         return get_action_and_input(text)
 
 
-class MRKLChain(ZeroShotAgent):
+ZeroShotAgent = ZeroShotPlanner
+
+
+class MRKLChain(Agent):
     """Chain that implements the MRKL system.
 
     Example:
@@ -156,4 +159,5 @@ class MRKLChain(ZeroShotAgent):
             Tool(name=c.action_name, func=c.action, description=c.action_description)
             for c in chains
         ]
-        return cls.from_llm_and_tools(llm, tools, **kwargs)
+        planner = ZeroShotPlanner.from_llm_and_tools(llm, tools)
+        return cls(planner=planner, tools=tools, **kwargs)

langchain/agents/mrkl/prompt.py

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ Final Answer: the final answer to the original input question"""
 SUFFIX = """Begin!
 
 Question: {input}
-{agent_scratchpad}"""
+Thought:{agent_scratchpad}"""

langchain/agents/react/base.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from typing import Any, ClassVar, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from langchain.agents.agent import Agent
+from langchain.agents.agent import Agent, Planner
 from langchain.agents.react.textworld_prompt import TEXTWORLD_PROMPT
 from langchain.agents.react.wiki_prompt import WIKI_PROMPT
 from langchain.agents.tools import Tool
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ from langchain.llms.base import LLM
 from langchain.prompts.base import BasePromptTemplate
 
 
-class ReActDocstoreAgent(Agent, BaseModel):
+class ReActDocstorePlanner(Planner, BaseModel):
     """Agent for the ReAct chin."""
 
-    prompt: ClassVar[BasePromptTemplate] = WIKI_PROMPT
+    @classmethod
+    def create_prompt(cls, tools: List[Tool]) -> BasePromptTemplate:
+        """Return default prompt."""
+        return WIKI_PROMPT
 
     i: int = 1
 
@@ -72,6 +75,9 @@ class ReActDocstoreAgent(Agent, BaseModel):
         return f"Thought {self.i}:"
 
 
+ReActDocstoreAgent = ReActDocstorePlanner
+
+
 class DocstoreExplorer:
     """Class to assist with exploration of a document store."""
 
@@ -97,12 +103,13 @@ class DocstoreExplorer:
         return self.document.lookup(term)
 
 
-class ReActTextWorldAgent(ReActDocstoreAgent, BaseModel):
+class ReActTextWorldPlanner(ReActDocstorePlanner, BaseModel):
     """Agent for the ReAct TextWorld chain."""
 
-    prompt: ClassVar[BasePromptTemplate] = TEXTWORLD_PROMPT
+    @classmethod
-
+    def create_prompt(cls, tools: List[Tool]) -> BasePromptTemplate:
-    i: int = 1
+        """Return default prompt."""
+        return TEXTWORLD_PROMPT
 
     @classmethod
     def _validate_tools(cls, tools: List[Tool]) -> None:
@@ -113,7 +120,10 @@ class ReActTextWorldAgent(ReActDocstoreAgent, BaseModel):
             raise ValueError(f"Tool name should be Play, got {tool_names}")
 
 
-class ReActChain(ReActDocstoreAgent):
+ReActTextWorldAgent = ReActTextWorldPlanner
+
+
+class ReActChain(Agent):
     """Chain that implements the ReAct paper.
 
     Example:
@@ -130,5 +140,5 @@ class ReActChain(ReActDocstoreAgent):
             Tool(name="Search", func=docstore_explorer.search),
             Tool(name="Lookup", func=docstore_explorer.lookup),
         ]
-        llm_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=WIKI_PROMPT)
+        planner = ReActDocstorePlanner.from_llm_and_tools(llm, tools)
-        super().__init__(llm_chain=llm_chain, tools=tools, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(planner=planner, tools=tools, **kwargs)

langchain/agents/self_ask_with_search/base.py

@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 """Chain that does self ask with search."""
-from typing import Any, ClassVar, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, List, Optional, Tuple
 
-from langchain.agents.agent import Agent
+from langchain.agents.agent import Agent, Planner
 from langchain.agents.self_ask_with_search.prompt import PROMPT
 from langchain.agents.tools import Tool
-from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
 from langchain.prompts.base import BasePromptTemplate
 from langchain.serpapi import SerpAPIWrapper
 
 
-class SelfAskWithSearchAgent(Agent):
+class SelfAskWithSearchPlanner(Planner):
     """Agent for the self-ask-with-search paper."""
 
-    prompt: ClassVar[BasePromptTemplate] = PROMPT
+    @classmethod
+    def create_prompt(cls, tools: List[Tool]) -> BasePromptTemplate:
+        """Prompt does not depend on tools."""
+        return PROMPT
 
     @classmethod
     def _validate_tools(cls, tools: List[Tool]) -> None:
@@ -61,7 +63,10 @@ class SelfAskWithSearchAgent(Agent):
         return "Are follow up questions needed here:"
 
 
-class SelfAskWithSearchChain(SelfAskWithSearchAgent):
+SelfAskWithSearchAgent = SelfAskWithSearchPlanner
+
+
+class SelfAskWithSearchChain(Agent):
     """Chain that does self ask with search.
 
     Example:
@@ -75,5 +80,5 @@ class SelfAskWithSearchChain(SelfAskWithSearchAgent):
     def __init__(self, llm: LLM, search_chain: SerpAPIWrapper, **kwargs: Any):
         """Initialize with just an LLM and a search chain."""
         search_tool = Tool(name="Intermediate Answer", func=search_chain.run)
-        llm_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=PROMPT)
+        planner = SelfAskWithSearchPlanner.from_llm_and_tools(llm, [search_tool])
-        super().__init__(llm_chain=llm_chain, tools=[search_tool], **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(planner=planner, tools=[search_tool], **kwargs)

langchain/agents/self_ask_with_search/prompt.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Intermediate answer: New Zealand.
 So the final answer is: No
 
 Question: {input}
-{agent_scratchpad}"""
+Are followup questions needed here:{agent_scratchpad}"""
 PROMPT = PromptTemplate(
     input_variables=["input", "agent_scratchpad"], template=_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE
 )

langchain/schema.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class AgentAction(NamedTuple):
 
 class AgentFinish(NamedTuple):
     """Agent's return value."""
+
     return_values: dict
     log: str
 

tests/unit_tests/agents/test_react.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from langchain.docstore.base import Docstore
 from langchain.docstore.document import Document
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
 from langchain.prompts.prompt import PromptTemplate
+from langchain.schema import AgentAction
 
 _PAGE_CONTENT = """This is a page about LangChain.
 
@@ -61,10 +62,9 @@ def test_predict_until_observation_normal() -> None:
         Tool("Lookup", lambda x: x),
     ]
     agent = ReActDocstoreAgent.from_llm_and_tools(fake_llm, tools)
-    output = agent.get_action("", {"input": ""})
+    output = agent.plan([], input="")
-    assert output.log == outputs[0]
+    expected_output = AgentAction("Search", "foo", outputs[0])
-    assert output.tool == "Search"
+    assert output == expected_output
-    assert output.tool_input == "foo"
 
 
 def test_predict_until_observation_repeat() -> None:
@@ -76,10 +76,9 @@ def test_predict_until_observation_repeat() -> None:
         Tool("Lookup", lambda x: x),
     ]
     agent = ReActDocstoreAgent.from_llm_and_tools(fake_llm, tools)
-    output = agent.get_action("", {"input": ""})
+    output = agent.plan([], input="")
-    assert output.log == "foo\nAction 1: Search[foo]"
+    expected_output = AgentAction("Search", "foo", "foo\nAction 1: Search[foo]")
-    assert output.tool == "Search"
+    assert output == expected_output
-    assert output.tool_input == "foo"
 
 
 def test_react_chain() -> None: