LanguageValues and typesStandard typesAI
ChatRole
On this page
Who wrote a message in a conversation with a model: system, user, assistant or tool.
Use it as part of a ChatMessage.
Shape
One of these 4 values:
ChatRole.system, ChatRole.user, ChatRole.assistant, ChatRole.tool.
Example
ChatRole.usertext.parse(raw, as: ChatRole) reads one from text that comes from outside. Text that isn't one at all fails malformed, such as developer, model or human.
Good to know
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In JSON
A string, in a request, a response or json.write:
"system""user""assistant"
Details
Text form, storage, how it is shown, and operations
ChatRole is in the group AI, and has been in Jadpo since 0.1.0.
Text form
text.from writes one standard text form, the same form text.parse reads back: system, user and assistant.
How it is stored
It is stored in one column named for the field, of type text. assistant is stored as 'assistant'.
How it is shown to people
text.format(value, locale:) shows it to people in their locale.
With locale: Locale.en_gb:
| Value | Shown |
|---|---|
system |
system |
user |
user |
assistant |
assistant |
tool |
tool |
Operations
It also takes text.parse, text.from, text.format, json.read, json.write and ==. How every standard type behaves says how they work.
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