🤖 [baibot](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot) (pronounced bye-bot) is a [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) bot developed by [etke.cc](https://etke.cc/) that exposes the power of [AI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence) / [Large Language Models](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model) to you. 🤖
It supports [OpenAI](https://openai.com/)'s [ChatGPT](https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/) models, as many well as other [☁️ providers](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md).
It's designed as a more private and [✨ featureful](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/?tab=readme-ov-file#-features) alternative to [matrix-chatgpt-bot](./configuring-playbook-bot-chatgpt.md). See the [baibot](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot) project and its documentation for more information.
## Prerequisites
API access to one or more LLM [☁️ providers](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md).
## Adjusting the playbook configuration
There are **a lot of configuration options** (some required, some possibly required, some optional), so they're **split into multiple sections below**:
As mentioned above, **this may not be enough**. Continue with the configuration sections below.
### 👮♂️ Administrator configuration
This is an addition to the [base configuration](#base-configuration).
To specify who is considered a bot [👮♂️ Administrator](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/access.md#administrators), you either need to specify `matrix_bot_baibot_config_access_admin_patterns` or `matrix_admin`. The latter is a single variable which affects all bridges and bots.
If `matrix_admin` is already configured in your `vars.yml` configuration, you can skip this section.
By default, **all users on your homeserver are considered allowed users**. If that's OK, you can skip this section.
This is an addition to the [base configuration](#base-configuration).
To specify who is considered a bot [👥 User](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/access.md#user), you may:
- define an **initial** value for `matrix_bot_baibot_config_initial_global_config_user_patterns` Ansible variable, as shown below
- configure the list at runtime via the bot's `!bai access set-users SPACE_SEPARATED_PATTERNS` command
Configuring `matrix_bot_baibot_config_initial_global_config_user_patterns` is optional, but it can be useful to pre-configure the bot with a list of users who should have access to the bot's features.
**Note**: Once initially configured, the allowed users list **cannot be managed via Ansible anymore**. It can only be managed subsequently via bot commands.
You are **not required** to define agents [statically](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/configuration/README.md#static-configuration) via Ansible. **To get started quickly**, you can **skip this section and define agents at runtime via chat commands** (following the bot's guidance).
Privileged users (like the [👮♂️ Administrator](#️-administrator-configuration), but potentially others too - see the upstream [🔒 access](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/access.md) documentation) can **define agents dynamically at any time** via chat commands.
The Ansible role includes preset variables for easily enabling some [🤖 agents](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/agents.md) on various [☁️ providers](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md) (e.g. OpenAI, etc).
Besides the presets, the Ansible role also includes support for configuring additional statically-defined agents via the `matrix_bot_baibot_config_agents_static_definitions_custom` Ansible variable.
Agents defined statically and those created dynamically (via chat) are named differently, so **conflict cannot arise**.
Depending on your propensity for [GitOps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DevOps#GitOps), you may prefer to define agents statically via Ansible, or you may wish to do it dynamically via chat.
Before proceeding, we recommend reading the upstream documentation on [How to choose a provider](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md#how-to-choose-a-provider). In short, it's probably best to go with [OpenAI](#openai).
#### Anthropic
You can statically-define a single [🤖 agent](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/agents.md) instance powered by the [Anthropic provider](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md#anthropic) with the help of the playbook's preset variables.
Here's an example **addition** to your `vars.yml` file:
# See `defaults/main.yml` in the baibot role for more configuration options.
```
If you'd like to use more than one model, take a look at the [Configuring additional agents (without a preset)](#configuring-additional-agents-without-a-preset) section below.
💡 You may also wish to use this new agent for [🤝 Configuring initial default handlers](#-configuring-initial-default-handlers).
#### Groq
You can statically-define a single [🤖 agent](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/agents.md) instance powered by the [Groq provider](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md#groq) with the help of the playbook's preset variables.
Here's an example **addition** to your `vars.yml` file:
# See `defaults/main.yml` in the baibot role for more configuration options.
```
Because this is a [statically](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/configuration/README.md#static-configuration)-defined agent, it will be given a `static/` ID prefix and will be named `static/groq`.
If you'd like to use more than one model, take a look at the [Configuring additional agents (without a preset)](#configuring-additional-agents-without-a-preset) section below.
💡 You may also wish to use this new agent for [🤝 Configuring initial default handlers](#-configuring-initial-default-handlers).
You can statically-define a single [🤖 agent](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/agents.md) instance powered by the [🇫🇷 Mistral provider](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md#mistral) with the help of the playbook's preset variables.
Here's an example **addition** to your `vars.yml` file:
# See `defaults/main.yml` in the baibot role for more configuration options.
```
Because this is a [statically](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/configuration/README.md#static-configuration)-defined agent, it will be given a `static/` ID prefix and will be named `static/mistral`.
If you'd like to use more than one model, take a look at the [Configuring additional agents (without a preset)](#configuring-additional-agents-without-a-preset) section below.
💡 You may also wish to use this new agent for [🤝 Configuring initial default handlers](#-configuring-initial-default-handlers).
You can statically-define a single [🤖 agent](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/agents.md) instance powered by the [OpenAI provider](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md#openai) with the help of the playbook's preset variables.
The OpenAI provider is **only meant to be used with OpenAI's official API** and compatibility with other services (which do not fully adhere to the OpenAI API spec completely) is limited. **If you're targeting an OpenAI-compatible service**, use the [OpenAI Compatible](#openai-compatible) provider instead.
Here's an example **addition** to your `vars.yml` file:
# See `defaults/main.yml` in the baibot role for more configuration options.
```
Because this is a [statically](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/configuration/README.md#static-configuration)-defined agent, it will be given a `static/` ID prefix and will be named `static/openai`.
If you'd like to use more than one model, take a look at the [Configuring additional agents (without a preset)](#configuring-additional-agents-without-a-preset) section below.
💡 You may also wish to use this new agent for [🤝 Configuring initial default handlers](#-configuring-initial-default-handlers).
#### OpenAI Compatible
You can statically-define a single [🤖 agent](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/agents.md) instance powered by the [OpenAI Compatible provider](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md#openai-compatible) with the help of the playbook's preset variables.
This provider allows you to use OpenAI-compatible API services like [OpenRouter](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md#openrouter), [Together AI](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md#together-ai), etc.
Some of these popular services already have **shortcut** providers (see [supported providers](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md#supported-providers) leading to this one behind the scenes - this make it easier to get started.
As of this moment, the playbook does not include presets for any of these services, so you'll need to [Configuring additional agents (without a preset)](#configuring-additional-agents-without-a-preset).
#### Configuring additional agents (without a preset)
The Ansible role may be lacking preset variables for some [☁️ provider](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md), or you may wish to statically-define an agent on the same provider twice (or more) with different configuration.
It's possible to inject your own agent configuration using the `matrix_bot_baibot_config_agents_static_definitions_custom` Ansible variable.
You can also define providers at runtime, by chatting with the bot, so using Ansible is not a requirement.
Below is an an **example** demonstrating **statically-defining agents via Ansible without using presets**:
Because these are [statically](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/configuration/README.md#static-configuration)-defined agents, they will be given a `static/` ID prefix and will be named `static/my-openai-gpt-3.5-turbo-agent` and `static/my-ollama-agent`, respectively.
💡 To figure out what to put in the `config` section, refer to the [☁️ provider](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/providers.md) page, which contains **sample configuration YAML for each provider**.
As with any [🤖 agent](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/agents.md), defining them means they exist. To actually make use of them, they need to be configured as handlers globally or in a specific room - see [Mixing & matching models](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/features.md#mixing--matching-models).
💡 You may also wish to use these new agents for [🤝 Configuring initial default handlers](#-configuring-initial-default-handlers).
### 🤝 Configuring initial default handlers
This section is only useful if you're [🤖 Configuring agents via Ansible](#-configuring-agents-via-ansible), as it lets you put these agents to use as soon as the bot starts (by adjusting the bot's **initial global configuration**).
If you're not configuring agents via Ansible, you can skip this section.
This section is only useful the first time around. **Once initially configured the global configuration cannot be managed Ansible**, but only via bot commands.
- [💬 text-generation](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/features.md#-text-generation): communicating with you via text
- [🦻 speech-to-text](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/features.md#-speech-to-text): turning your voice messages into text
- [🗣️ text-to-speech](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/features.md#-text-to-speech): turning bot or users text messages into voice messages
- [🖌️ image-generation](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/features.md#-image-generation): generating images based on instructions
- ❓ catch-all: special purposes, indicating use as a fallback (when no specific handler is configured)
[Mixing & matching models](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/features.md#mixing--matching-models) is made possible by the bot's ability to have different [🤝 handlers](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/configuration/handlers.md) configured for different purposes.
This configuration can be done as a global fallback, or per-room. Both of these [🛠️ configurations](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/configuration/README.md) are managed at runtime (viat chat), but **the global configuration can have some initial defaults configured via Ansible**.
You can configure the **initial values** for these via Ansible, via the `matrix_bot_baibot_config_initial_global_config_handler_*` variables.
**Note**: these are initial defaults for the bot's global configuration. As such, changing any of these values subsequently has no effect on the bot's behavior. **Once initially configured the global configuration cannot be managed Ansible**, but only via bot commands.
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`just install-all` is useful for maintaining your setup quickly ([2x-5x faster](../CHANGELOG.md#2x-5x-performance-improvements-in-playbook-runtime) than `just setup-all`) when its components remain unchanged. If you adjust your `vars.yml` to remove other components, you'd need to run `just setup-all`, or these components will still remain installed.
- If you change the bot password (`matrix_bot_baibot_config_user_password` in your `vars.yml` file) subsequently, the bot user's credentials on the homeserver won't be updated automatically. If you'd like to change the bot user's password, use a tool like [synapse-admin](configuring-playbook-synapse-admin.md) to change it, and then update `matrix_bot_baibot_config_user_password` to let the bot know its new password.
If you're an allowed bot [👥 user](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/access.md#user) (see [👥 Initial users configuration](#-initial-users-configuration)), the bot will accept your invitation and join the room.
After joining, the bot will introduce itself and show information about the [✨ features](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot/blob/main/docs/features.md) that are enabled for it.
If you've [🤖 configured one or more agents via Ansible](#-configuring-agents-via-ansible) and have [🤝 configured initial default handlers](#configuring-initial-default-handlers), the bot will immediately be able to make use of these agents for this new room. Otherwise, you will need to configure agents and/or handlers via chat commands.
Send `!bai help` to the room at any time to see the bot's help menu for additional commands.
You can also refer to the upstream [baibot](https://github.com/etkecc/baibot) project's documentation.
## Debugging
As with all other services, you can find service logs in [systemd-journald](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-journald.service.html) by running something like `journalctl -fu matrix-bot-baibot`
The default logging level for this service is `info`, but you can increase it to `debug` (or even `trace`) with the following additional configuration:
