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Chat with Tyler

Tyler provides two interactive interfaces for chatting with your agent:

  1. A web-based chat interface
  2. A command-line interface (CLI)

Web interface​

The web interface is available as a separate repository at tyler-chat.

Features​

  • Modern, responsive design
  • Real-time streaming responses
  • File attachment support
  • Message history
  • Tool execution visualization
  • Weave monitoring integration

Installation​

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/adamwdraper/tyler-chat.git
cd tyler-chat

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the development server
npm run dev

Configuration​

Create a .env file in the project root:

# Tyler API configuration
TYLER_API_URL=http://localhost:8000
TYLER_API_KEY=your-api-key

# Optional Weave configuration
WANDB_API_KEY=your-wandb-api-key

Usage​

  1. Start the development server:
npm run dev

  1. Open your browser to http://localhost:3000

  2. Start chatting with your agent!

Command line interface​

The CLI is included with the Tyler package and provides a simple way to interact with your agent from the terminal.

Installation​

The CLI is installed automatically when you install Tyler:

pip install tyler-agent

Basic usage​

Start a chat session:

tyler-chat

With custom configuration:

tyler-chat --model gpt-4o --purpose "Technical support"

Available commands​

During a chat session:

  • /help - Show available commands
  • /clear - Clear the conversation
  • /exit - End the chat session
  • /save - Save the conversation
  • /load - Load a saved conversation
  • /tools - List available tools
  • /purpose - Show/set agent purpose
  • /model - Show/change model
  • /system - Show/set system prompt

Configuration​

The CLI uses the same configuration as the main Tyler package. Set your environment variables in a .env file:

# Required
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key

# Optional
WANDB_API_KEY=your-wandb-api-key
TYLER_DB_TYPE=postgresql
TYLER_DB_URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost/db

Next steps​

License​

This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

For commercial use, please contact the author.