Enhancing RolePlaying with custom ChatAgent support

camel/societies/role_playing.py

@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ class RolePlaying:
         stop_event (Optional[threading.Event], optional): Event to signal
             termination of the agent's operation. When set, the agent will
             terminate its execution. (default: :obj:`None`)
+        assistant_agent (ChatAgent, optional): A pre-configured ChatAgent to use as the 
+            assistant. If provided, this will override the creation of a new assistant agent.
+            (default: :obj:`None`)
+        user_agent (ChatAgent, optional): A pre-configured ChatAgent to use as the
+            user. If provided, this will override the creation of a new user agent.
+            (default: :obj:`None`)
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -106,6 +112,8 @@ def __init__(
         extend_task_specify_meta_dict: Optional[Dict] = None,
         output_language: Optional[str] = None,
         stop_event: Optional[threading.Event] = None,
+        assistant_agent: Optional[ChatAgent] = None,
+        user_agent: Optional[ChatAgent] = None,
     ) -> None:
         if model is not None:
             logger.warning(
@@ -165,6 +173,8 @@ def __init__(
             user_agent_kwargs=user_agent_kwargs,
             output_language=output_language,
             stop_event=stop_event,
+            assistant_agent=assistant_agent,
+            user_agent=user_agent,
         )
         self.critic: Optional[Union[CriticAgent, Human]] = None
         self.critic_sys_msg: Optional[BaseMessage] = None
@@ -326,6 +336,8 @@ def _init_agents(
         user_agent_kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None,
         output_language: Optional[str] = None,
         stop_event: Optional[threading.Event] = None,
+        assistant_agent: Optional[ChatAgent] = None,
+        user_agent: Optional[ChatAgent] = None,
     ) -> None:
         r"""Initialize assistant and user agents with their system messages.
 
@@ -343,6 +355,12 @@ def _init_agents(
             stop_event (Optional[threading.Event], optional): Event to signal
                 termination of the agent's operation. When set, the agent will
                 terminate its execution. (default: :obj:`None`)
+            assistant_agent (ChatAgent, optional): A pre-configured ChatAgent to use as the 
+                assistant. If provided, this will override the creation of a new assistant agent.
+                (default: :obj:`None`)
+            user_agent (ChatAgent, optional): A pre-configured ChatAgent to use as the
+                user. If provided, this will override the creation of a new user agent.
+                (default: :obj:`None`)
         """
         if self.model is not None:
             if assistant_agent_kwargs is None:
@@ -353,22 +371,32 @@ def _init_agents(
                 user_agent_kwargs = {'model': self.model}
             elif 'model' not in user_agent_kwargs:
                 user_agent_kwargs.update(dict(model=self.model))
+
+        # Use provided assistant agent if available, otherwise create a new one
+        if assistant_agent is not None:
+            self.assistant_agent = assistant_agent
+            self.assistant_sys_msg = assistant_agent.system_message
+        else:
+            self.assistant_agent = ChatAgent(
+                init_assistant_sys_msg,
+                output_language=output_language,
+                stop_event=stop_event,
+                **(assistant_agent_kwargs or {}),
+            )
+            self.assistant_sys_msg = self.assistant_agent.system_message
 
-        self.assistant_agent = ChatAgent(
-            init_assistant_sys_msg,
-            output_language=output_language,
-            stop_event=stop_event,
-            **(assistant_agent_kwargs or {}),
-        )
-        self.assistant_sys_msg = self.assistant_agent.system_message
-
-        self.user_agent = ChatAgent(
-            init_user_sys_msg,
-            output_language=output_language,
-            stop_event=stop_event,
-            **(user_agent_kwargs or {}),
-        )
-        self.user_sys_msg = self.user_agent.system_message
+        # Use provided user agent if available, otherwise create a new one
+        if user_agent is not None:
+            self.user_agent = user_agent
+            self.user_sys_msg = user_agent.system_message
+        else:
+            self.user_agent = ChatAgent(
+                init_user_sys_msg,
+                output_language=output_language,
+                stop_event=stop_event,
+                **(user_agent_kwargs or {}),
+            )
+            self.user_sys_msg = self.user_agent.system_message
 
     def _init_critic(
         self,
@@ -727,4 +755,4 @@ def _is_multi_response(self, agent: ChatAgent) -> bool:
             and agent.model_backend.model_config_dict['n'] > 1
         ):
             return True
-        return False
+        return False

docs/key_modules/societies.md

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ icon: people-group
         <tr><td>extend_sys_msg_meta_dicts</td><td>List[Dict]</td><td>Extra metadata for system messages</td></tr>
         <tr><td>extend_task_specify_meta_dict</td><td>Dict</td><td>Extra metadata for task specification</td></tr>
         <tr><td>output_language</td><td>str</td><td>Target output language</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>assistant_agent</td><td>ChatAgent</td><td>Custom ChatAgent to use as assistant (optional)</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>user_agent</td><td>ChatAgent</td><td>Custom ChatAgent to use as user (optional)</td></tr>
       </tbody>
     </table>
   </Accordion>