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(EAI-1182): Custom system prompt (#836)
* Add schema for new responses API (#785) * update contributing * openai v5.6.0 * create schema for responses API * add skeleton route to conversations router * add some basic tests * put package back * put package lock back * add case for message array input * feat: complete create response test suite * add minimum to max_output_tokens * add more test cases * add test case * set zod version to 3.25 for v4 support * start of pr feedback * adjust schema and tests to not allow empty message strings/arrays * move create responses * create new (very basic) router for responses API * basic test for responses router, will be expanded once middleware is added * update test * update func name * create route for responses API -- ensure certain options are set via config * clean up tests by moving MONGO_CHAT_MODEL string to test config * use GenerateResponse type * update comments in router * update reqId stuff * update comment * Improve responses api errors (#789) * create errors helper * update errors to include http code * add sendErrorResponse helper * add enum for error codes * update createResponse to use new error helpers * handle input validation in createResponse vs middleware * mostly update tests * improve error messages from zod * update tests * adjust variable names/exports * add test case for unknown errors * remove openai dep from mongodb-chat-server in favor of importing from rag-core * update errors to use openai types and classes * update tests with new validation errors * improve router test * Add rate limiting to responses api (#792) * add rate limit and global slowdown to responses router * basic working rate limit with test for responses router * add more test assertions for openai error * configure rateLimit middleware properly with makeRateLimitError helper * update test case * update test case * use sendErrorResponse helper within rateLimit middleware to ensure we get logging there too * remove extra comment * update error message * abstract error strings for tests * Handle messages for responses (#795) * cleaanup err msg constants * add failing tests to rag-core for message_id helper * add findByMessageId to conversation service * remove extra types from conversation service * add indexes to conversationsDb * add test for new getByMessageId service * remove duplicate export * add logic for getting conversation to createResponse * update configs for createResponse -- includes some cleanup * fix test for successful previous_message_id input * cleanup test variables * even cleaner tests * add logic to catch bad object ids * add more tests * more tests * last test * fix broken mock * cleanup tests * share logic for reaching maxUserMessages in a Conversation * bump * Add storage logic to responses (#800) * skeleton for addMessagesToConversation helper * more skeleton * better name * increment * add check for previousResponse and input array * store metadata on conversation and create array of final messages * add call to save messages * add logic for checking userId changed * add test for conversation user id logic * update logic for adding messages to conversation * remove unneeded error case * remove test case * dont filter, just map * create helper for convertInputToDBMessages * update store logic * save store data on conversation, check for previous message id and no store * add case to handle mismatched conversation storage settings * cleanup logic for checking if conversation is stored * basic spy * implement tests * update * add final spys * safeParse > safeParseAsync bc we don't need to await any refines, etc. * add comment * add userId and storeMessageContent fields to Conversation * adjust logic for response api to use new convo fields * fix bug in conversation service logic * update userId check * update tests * test name tweak * test naming * add jset mock cleanup * abstract testMessageContent helper * update test helper * test for function call and outputs message storage * update tests * cleanup test * handle data streaming for new responses API (#807) * ensure stream is configurable in chatbot-server-public layer * setup data streamer helper * add skeleton data streaming to createResponse service * move StreamFunction type to chat-server, share with public * fix test * start streaming in createResponse * add stream disconnect * move in progress stream message * stream event from verifiedAnswer helper * create helper for addMessageToConversationVerifiedAnswerStream * apply stream configs to chat-public * update test to use openAI client * update input schema for openai client call to responses * add test helper for making local server * almost finish converting createResposne tests to use openai client * more tests * disconnect data streamed on error * update data stream logic for create response * update data streamer sendResponsesEvent write type * i think this still needs to be a string * mapper for streamError * export openai shim types * mostly working tests with reading the response stream from openai client * create test helper * fix test helper for reading entire stream * dont send normal http message at end (maybe need this when we support non-streaming version) * improved tests * more test improvement -- proper use of conversation service, additional conversation testing * fix test for too many messages * remove skip tests * mostly working responses tests * abstract helpers for openai client requests * use helpers in create response tests * fix tests by passing responseId * skip problematic test * skip problematic test * create baseResponseData helper * pass zod validated req body * add tests for all responses fields * remove log * abstract helper for formatOpenaiError * replace helper * await server closing properly * basic working responses tests with openai client * update rate limit test * fix testing port * update test type related to responses streaming * apply type to data streamer * cleanup shared type * fix router tests * fix router tests * update errors to be proper openai stream errors * ensure format message cleans customData as well * add comment * update tests per review * update test utils * fix test type * update openai rag-core to 5.9 * fix data streamer for responses events to be SSE compliant * cleanup responses tests * cleanup createResponse tests * cleanup error handling to match openai spec * fix tests for standard openai exceptions * cleanup * add "required" as an option for tool_choice * cleanup datastreamer test globals * add test to dataStreamer for streamResponses * update config to pass the proper stream when setting up public chatbot server * configure responsesAPIStream handler * cleanup variable * fix header type errors for openai 4->5 upgrade * fix type name for annotation * start of test fixes * update tests for streaming mode * better mock testing * more specific typing in dataStreamer * cleanup typing in createResponse * cleanup type * cleanup types in generateResponse * add optional onTextDone stream handler for responses * forEach to get index instead of for with let * stream full text on done * update generate response test util for createResponse * implement generateResponse call in createResponse * working * inject custom system prompt * PR cleanup * Delete packages/chatbot-server-mongodb-public/curl.sh * fix AS nit --------- Co-authored-by: Andrew Steinheiser <me@iamandrew.io> Co-authored-by: Ben Perlmutter <mongodben@mongodb.com>
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‎package-lock.json‎

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‎packages/chatbot-server-mongodb-public/src/config.ts‎

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import { makeMongoDbScrubbedMessageStore } from "./tracing/scrubbedMessages/MongoDbScrubbedMessageStore";
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import { MessageAnalysis } from "./tracing/scrubbedMessages/analyzeMessage";
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import { createAzure } from "mongodb-rag-core/aiSdk";
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import { makeMongoDbAssistantSystemPrompt } from "./systemPrompt";
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‎packages/chatbot-server-mongodb-public/src/eval/ConversationEval.ts‎

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‎packages/chatbot-server-mongodb-public/src/eval/evalHelpers.ts‎

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import { assertEnvVars, BRAINTRUST_ENV_VARS } from "mongodb-chatbot-server";
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import { EVAL_ENV_VARS } from "../EnvVars";
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