initialize_messages {TheOpenAIR}

Initialize a new messages object for OpenAI API chat completions

Description

This function initializes a new messages object as a template for messages sent to the OpenAI API https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions endpoint. By default, the template contains a single message from the system to the user with the initial content "You are a helpful assistant.", but you can customize the content by specifying a different value for the "initial_system_content" parameter.

Usage

initialize_messages(
  initial_role = "system",
  initial_content = "You are a helpful assistant."
)

Arguments

initial_role

A character string representing the role issueing the initial content (per default: "system")

initial_content

A character string representing the initial message from the system

Value

A data frame containing a single message from the system to the user, with columns for the message role and content.

Author(s)

Ulrich Matter [e-mail]

Examples

messages <- initialize_messages()
messages_custom <- initialize_messages("Hello! How can I assist you today?")