Chat

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

var call = new Call.Chat(client, "llama3.2");
call.messages.add(new Message("user", "Hello!"));

// Execute chat (handles tool calls automatically)
var response = yield call.send(call.messages);

// Access response content
print(response.message.content);

Content:

Properties:

• public Base? agent { get; set; }
  Reference to the agent handler that created this chat.
• public string? format { get; set; }
  Format to return a response in.
• public Object? format_obj { get; set; }
  JSON schema object for structured outputs. When set, this will be serialized as the "format" field instead of the string format property. Used for Ollama's structured output feature.
• public string? keep_alive { get; set; }
  Model keep-alive duration.
• public ArrayList<Message> messages { get; set; }
• public string model { get; set; }
• public Options options { get; set; }
  Runtime options that control text generation.
• public bool stream { get; set; }
  Stream response as it's generated.
• public Chat? streaming_response { get; set; }
  Current streaming response object (internal use).
• public bool think { get; set; }
  Enable separate thinking output in addition to content.
• public HashMap<string,BaseTool>? tools { get; set; }

Creation methods:

• public Chat (Connection connection, string model)
  Creates a new Chat instance for sending messages to the chat API.

Methods:

• public void add_tool (BaseTool tool)
  Adds a tool to this chat's tools map.
• public override bool deserialize_property (string property_name, out Value value, ParamSpec pspec, Node property_node)
• public async Chat send (ArrayList<Message> messages, Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error
  Sends messages to the chat API.
• public async Chat send_append (ArrayList<Message> new_messages, Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error
  Appends new messages to existing messages and sends them.
• public override Node serialize_property (string property_name, Value value, ParamSpec pspec)
• public async Chat toolsReply (Chat response) throws Error
  Executes tool calls from a response and continues the conversation automatically.

Signals:

• public signal void stream_chunk (string new_text, bool is_thinking, Chat response)
  Emitted when a streaming chunk is received from the chat API.
• public signal void stream_start ()
  Emitted when the streaming response starts (first chunk received). This signal is emitted when the first chunk of the response is processed, indicating that the server has started sending data back.
• public signal void tool_call_requested (ToolCall tool_call, ArrayList<Message> return_messages)
  Emitted when a tool call is detected and needs to be executed.
• public signal void tool_message (Message message)
  Emitted when a tool sends a status message during execution.

Inherited Members: