From f93e39ecd2e168e159b290924a8abae210206e84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Packer <packercharles@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 14:18:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: added system prompt override to the CLI (#1602)

---
 memgpt/cli/cli.py       | 15 +++++++++++++++
 memgpt/client/client.py |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/memgpt/cli/cli.py b/memgpt/cli/cli.py
index d00b13918b..8e3752a848 100644
--- a/memgpt/cli/cli.py
+++ b/memgpt/cli/cli.py
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ def run(
     persona: Annotated[Optional[str], typer.Option(help="Specify persona")] = None,
     agent: Annotated[Optional[str], typer.Option(help="Specify agent name")] = None,
     human: Annotated[Optional[str], typer.Option(help="Specify human")] = None,
+    system: Annotated[Optional[str], typer.Option(help="Specify system prompt (raw text)")] = None,
     # model flags
     model: Annotated[Optional[str], typer.Option(help="Specify the LLM model")] = None,
     model_wrapper: Annotated[Optional[str], typer.Option(help="Specify the LLM model wrapper")] = None,
@@ -584,6 +585,16 @@ def run(
             )
             agent_state.llm_config.model_endpoint_type = model_endpoint_type
 
+        # NOTE: commented out because this seems dangerous - instead users should use /systemswap when in the CLI
+        # # user specified a new system prompt
+        # if system:
+        #     # NOTE: agent_state.system is the ORIGINAL system prompt,
+        #     #       whereas agent_state.state["system"] is the LATEST system prompt
+        #     existing_system_prompt = agent_state.state["system"] if "system" in agent_state.state else None
+        #     if existing_system_prompt != system:
+        #         # override
+        #         agent_state.state["system"] = system
+
         # Update the agent with any overrides
         ms.update_agent(agent_state)
         tools = []
@@ -638,6 +649,9 @@ def run(
             client = create_client()
             human_obj = ms.get_human(human, user.id)
             persona_obj = ms.get_persona(persona, user.id)
+            # TODO pull system prompts from the metadata store
+            # NOTE: will be overriden later to a default
+            system_prompt = system if system else None
             if human_obj is None:
                 typer.secho("Couldn't find human {human} in database, please run `memgpt add human`", fg=typer.colors.RED)
             if persona_obj is None:
@@ -652,6 +666,7 @@ def run(
             # add tools
             agent_state = client.create_agent(
                 name=agent_name,
+                system_prompt=system_prompt,
                 embedding_config=embedding_config,
                 llm_config=llm_config,
                 memory=memory,
diff --git a/memgpt/client/client.py b/memgpt/client/client.py
index cfe0731379..c60cf3857b 100644
--- a/memgpt/client/client.py
+++ b/memgpt/client/client.py
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ def create_agent(
         llm_config: Optional[LLMConfig] = None,
         # memory
         memory: BaseMemory = ChatMemory(human=get_human_text(DEFAULT_HUMAN), persona=get_human_text(DEFAULT_PERSONA)),
+        # system prompt (can be templated)
+        system_prompt: Optional[str] = None,
         # tools
         tools: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         include_base_tools: Optional[bool] = True,
@@ -298,6 +300,7 @@ def create_agent(
             "config": {
                 "name": name,
                 "preset": preset,
+                "system": system_prompt,
                 "persona": memory.memory["persona"].value,
                 "human": memory.memory["human"].value,
                 "function_names": tool_names,
@@ -727,6 +730,8 @@ def create_agent(
         llm_config: Optional[LLMConfig] = None,
         # memory
         memory: BaseMemory = ChatMemory(human=get_human_text(DEFAULT_HUMAN), persona=get_human_text(DEFAULT_PERSONA)),
+        # system prompt (can be templated)
+        system_prompt: Optional[str] = None,
         # tools
         tools: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         include_base_tools: Optional[bool] = True,
@@ -756,6 +761,7 @@ def create_agent(
             user_id=self.user_id,
             name=name,
             memory=memory,
+            system=system_prompt,
             llm_config=llm_config,
             embedding_config=embedding_config,
             tools=tool_names,