# Temporal AI Agent This demo shows a multi-turn conversation with an AI agent running inside a Temporal workflow. The goal is to collect information towards a goal. There's a simple DSL input for collecting information (currently set up to use mock functions to search for events, search for flights around those events, then create a test Stripe invoice for those flights). The AI will respond with clarifications and ask for any missing information to that goal. You can configure it to use [ChatGPT 4o](https://openai.com/index/hello-gpt-4o/), [Anthropic Claude](https://www.anthropic.com/claude), [Google Gemini](https://gemini.google.com) or a local LLM of your choice using [Ollama](https://ollama.com). [Watch the demo (5 minute YouTube video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEXllEH2XiQ) [![Watch the demo](./agent-youtube-screenshot.jpeg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEXllEH2XiQ) ## Configuration This application uses `.env` files for configuration. Copy the [.env.example](.env.example) file to `.env` and update the values: ```bash cp .env.example .env ``` ### LLM Provider Configuration The agent can use OpenAI's GPT-4o, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, or a local LLM via Ollama. Set the `LLM_PROVIDER` environment variable in your `.env` file to choose the desired provider: - `LLM_PROVIDER=openai` for OpenAI's GPT-4o - `LLM_PROVIDER=google` for Google Gemini - `LLM_PROVIDER=anthropic` for Anthropic Claude - `LLM_PROVIDER=ollama` for running LLMs via [Ollama](https://ollama.ai) (not recommended for this use case) ### Option 1: OpenAI If using OpenAI, ensure you have an OpenAI key for the GPT-4o model. Set this in the `OPENAI_API_KEY` environment variable in `.env`. ### Option 2: Google Gemini To use Google Gemini: 1. Obtain a Google API key and set it in the `GOOGLE_API_KEY` environment variable in `.env`. 2. Set `LLM_PROVIDER=google` in your `.env` file. ### Option 3: Anthropic Claude To use Anthropic: 1. Obtain an Anthropic API key and set it in the `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` environment variable in `.env`. 2. Set `LLM_PROVIDER=anthropic` in your `.env` file. ### Option 4: Local LLM via Ollama (not recommended) To use a local LLM with Ollama: 1. Install [Ollama](https://ollama.com) and the [Qwen2.5 14B](https://ollama.com/library/qwen2.5) model. - Run `ollama run ` to start the model. Note that this model is about 9GB to download. - Example: `ollama run qwen2.5:14b` 2. Set `LLM_PROVIDER=ollama` in your `.env` file and `OLLAMA_MODEL_NAME` to the name of the model you installed. Note: I found the other (hosted) LLMs to be MUCH more reliable for this use case. However, you can switch to Ollama if desired, and choose a suitably large model if your computer has the resources. ## Agent Tools * Requires a Rapidapi key for sky-scrapper (how we find flights). Set this in the `RAPIDAPI_KEY` environment variable in .env * It's free to sign up and get a key at [RapidAPI](https://rapidapi.com/apiheya/api/sky-scrapper) * If you're lazy go to `tools/search_flights.py` and replace the `get_flights` function with the mock `search_flights_example` that exists in the same file. * Requires a Stripe key for the `create_invoice` tool. Set this in the `STRIPE_API_KEY` environment variable in .env * It's free to sign up and get a key at [Stripe](https://stripe.com/) * If you're lazy go to `tools/create_invoice.py` and replace the `create_invoice` function with the mock `create_invoice_example` that exists in the same file. ## Configuring Temporal Connection By default, this application will connect to a local Temporal server (`localhost:7233`) in the default namespace, using the `agent-task-queue` task queue. You can override these settings in your `.env` file. ### Use Temporal Cloud See [.env.example](.env.example) for details on connecting to Temporal Cloud using mTLS or API key authentication. [Sign up for Temporal Cloud](https://temporal.io/get-cloud) ### Use a local Temporal Dev Server On a Mac ```bash brew install temporal temporal server start-dev ``` See the [Temporal documentation](https://learn.temporal.io/getting_started/python/dev_environment/) for other platforms. ## Running the Application ### Python Backend Requires [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) to manage dependencies. 1. `python -m venv venv` 2. `source venv/bin/activate` 3. `poetry install` Run the following commands in separate terminal windows: 1. Start the Temporal worker: ```bash poetry run python scripts/run_worker.py ``` 2. Start the API server: ```bash poetry run uvicorn api.main:app --reload ``` Access the API at `/docs` to see the available endpoints. ### React UI Start the frontend: ```bash cd frontend npm install npx vite ``` Access the UI at `http://localhost:5173` ## Customizing the Agent - `tool_registry.py` contains the mapping of tool names to tool definitions (so the AI understands how to use them) - `goal_registry.py` contains descriptions of goals and the tools used to achieve them - The tools themselves are defined in their own files in `/tools` - Note the mapping in `tools/__init__.py` to each tool - See main.py where some tool-specific logic is defined (todo, move this to the tool definition) ## TODO - I should prove this out with other tool definitions outside of the event/flight search case (take advantage of my nice DSL). - Currently hardcoded to the Temporal dev server at localhost:7233. Need to support options incl Temporal Cloud. - Continue-as-new shouldn't be a big consideration for this use case (as it would take many conversational turns to trigger). Regardless, I should ensure that it's able to carry the agent state over to the new workflow execution. - Tests would be nice!