microsoft/autogen v0.2.0 on GitHub

This is a major release since v0.1.1, containing 13 minor releases (from v0.1.1 to v0.1.14) and 6 pre-releases (v0.2.0b1 to v0.2.0b6).

Highlights since v0.1.1

Breaking changes

Switching to openai v1. Please read the migration guide.

New Features and Enhancements:

GPT Assistants Support: Integration of GPTAssistantAgent leveraging OpenAI Assistant API for conversational capabilities and state management. https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/11/13/OAI-assistants
Group Chat Enhancements: Richer speaker selector options and robustness improvements.
Enhanced retrieve chat, such as rich text format and customized vector db or embedding function in RAG. https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/10/18/RetrieveChat
AgentEval Framework: Introduction of AgentEval for assessing task utility in LLM-powered applications. https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/11/20/AgentEval
CompressibleAgent for Long Conversations: Handling long conversations with an experimental CompressibleAgent. https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/blob/main/notebook/agentchat_compression.ipynb
Streaming Support: Added experimental streaming capabilities.
Async Execution and Human Input Handling: Enhanced async function execution and better handling of human input.
Large Multimodal Models (GPT-4V) Support: Enhanced AgentChat capabilities with Large Multimodal Models integration. https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/11/06/LMM-Agent
TeachableAgent: Introduction of TeachableAgent for persistent user teachings across chat boundaries. https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/10/26/TeachableAgent
Enhanced Documentation and Developer Tools: Comprehensive updates to README, FAQs, and developer tools.
AutoGen Assistant: Deployment of a sample web application for practical demonstration. https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/tree/main/samples/apps/autogen-assistant
Demonstration of Agents using Langchain Tools: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/blob/main/notebook/agentchat_langchain.ipynb.

Fixes and Improvements:

Bug Fixes: Resolved issues in caching, filter checking, and other minor bugs.
Documentation Enhancements: Multiple improvements in documentation, including migration guides and useful tips.
Model Compatibility and Stability: Enhancements in model compatibility and overall stability of the package.
Code Execution: more robust code detection/match/extraction, bug fixes for windows and sample code improvements, shell language switch in Docker
Improved Codebase Reliability: Updates and bug fixes for better codebase reliability.

Thanks to the 80 contributors along this 2-month journey!

What's Changed

Extact_code can detect single-line code now by @BeibinLi in #2
fix invalid link by @qingyun-wu in #20
Improve RetrieveChat by @thinkall in #6
Remove duplicated sentence by @danizord in #35
Fix bug for windows and improve sample code by @sonichi in #38
Fix typo in README.md by @eltociear in #37
Improves clarity and fixes punctuation in README and Multi-agent documentation by @juanmacuevas in #40
make retry_time configurable, add doc by @sonichi in #53
Update no_update_context, fix upsert docs by @thinkall in #52
Update README.md by @AlyrenN in #54
retrieve_utils.py - Updated.py to have the ability to parse text from PDF Files by @AaronWard in #50
Bump version to 0.1.5 by @thinkall in #60
typing & docstr update by @sonichi in #59
Updated readme.md : seprated AutoGen and EcoOptGen also removed bibtex by @priyansh4320 in #43
expand faq by @sonichi in #66
minor fix by @LittleLittleCloud in #31
Fixed MD Issue (#71) by @hiftielabs in #72
fix append_oai_message by @kevin666aa in #47
enable openai workflow on fork branch by @LittleLittleCloud in #82
bump version to 0.1.6 by @sonichi in #85
spelling error by @shauryr in #84
Format issue by @alhridoy in #69
Replace the use of assert in non-test code by @cipherself in #80
Bump postcss from 8.4.18 to 8.4.31 in /website by @dependabot in #93
show github stars by @sonichi in #92
Docs: fixed typos and grammar by @masterujjval in #94
openai_utils.py - functionality for instantiating config_list with a .env file by @AaronWard in #68
document about docker by @sonichi in #119
docs: typo fixed by @lgersman in #129
Fix broken link in README.md by @htcrefactor in #134
fix doc typo by @HyperCodec in #123
typo fixed by @SDcodehub in #127
bump version to 0.1.7 by @sonichi in #141
Title: Adjust shell language switch in execute_code for Docker usage by @mrauter1 in #139
move citation before contributing by @manish7017 in #154
add twitter account to website by @olaoluwasalami in #150
Update num tokens from text by @thinkall in #149
add twitter account to start page by @olaoluwasalami in #159
Update termination logic to fix #117 by @thinkall in #155
Added twitter link to the contributing section by @vidhula17 in #162
fix: replace gpt-35-turbo in model name to gpt-3.5-turbo so the name … by @AllenJShi in #138
Output a warning if the OAI_CONFIG_LIST file is not found. by @afourney in #174
Warn if GroupChat is underpopulatd. by @afourney in #170
Warn if use_docker evaluates to True but the python docker package is not available. by @afourney in #172
bump version to 0.1.9 by @sonichi in #177
Warn if oai.Completion is provided with an empty config_list by @afourney in #178
Bump version to 0.1.10 by @thinkall in #181
Add support to customized vectordb and embedding functions by @thinkall in #161
Fix typo in agentchat_MathChat.ipynb by @eltociear in #191
Make getting started a little easier by @wayliums in #180
Fix edge cases extracting code when the message's content is None by @msaelices in #205
Add md for faqs by @gagb in #194
Fix typo in README.md by @creator0131 in #193
Icons not centered in the "autogen_agentchat.png" by @Steellgold in #169
Addresses issue #199 by @afourney in #200
Improving logging in oai.completion to show token_count by @kevin666aa in #179
Update Getting-Started.md by @javidjamae in #213
Added comment about config_list in the README example #216 by @smty2018 in #218
fix: be compatible with customizing model without all fields in the response by @jtsang4 in #222
Update Installation.md-with detailed explanation on add a period or newline #219 by @05hiteshbansal in #231
Spelling fixes. by @shruti222patel in #220
Typo by @qingyun-wu in #234
bump version to 0.1.11 by @sonichi in #242
docstr updated for use_docker in execute_code by @Gourav2609 in #233
document retrieve chat by @olaoluwasalami in #258
Add a figure to autogen notebook #215 by @smty2018 in #246
Langchain tool bridge (#262) by @sonichi in #263
Add support to custom text spliter by @thinkall in #270
Update FAQ.md, elaborate on how to customise docker image and pick 'python:3' to solve typical errors by @maxim-saplin in #269
Add group chat and retrieve agent example by @thinkall in #227
docs: added virtual environment setup process by @Ayushpanditmoto in #249
Fixing code execution broken link at Getting Started page by @maxim-saplin in #275
Bump @babel/traverse from 7.20.1 to 7.23.2 in /website by @dependabot in #283
Add a blog for RAG agents by @thinkall in #284
function call filter in group chat by @sonichi in #294
fix typo in website/blog/2023-05-18-GPT-adaptive-humaneval/index.mdx by @suravkshrestha in #299
Organize notebooks into logical groups #273 by @victordibia in #288
Update docs for extra dependencies and virtual env creation by @thinkall in #297
Update README.md with Roadmap. by @gagb in #304
bump version to 0.1.12 by @sonichi in #301
doc: Update FAQ.md by @haseeb-xd in #282
Fix format and links in documentations by @thinkall in #310
update openai models and pricing by @kevin666aa in #316
guidance for contribution by @sonichi in #320
TeachableAgent by @rickyloynd-microsoft in #278
add downloads stats in readme by @sonichi in #334
bump version to 0.1.13 by @sonichi in #333
Added Roadmap to Getting-Started.md by @Gourav2609 in #324
Resolves Typo Correction #336 by @2good4hisowngood in #338
Update README.md by @IshitaPathak in #321
Updating Examples to follow new categorical structure. #273 by @rabbabansh in #327
Fix grammar in agentchat_auto_feedback_from_code_execution.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #342
Fix spellings in notebooks by @shruti222patel in #341
Fix grammar and spelling in agentchat_chess.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #346
Improve readability for agentchat_function_call.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #347
Improve readability in agentchat_groupchat_research.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #350
fix format issue by @qingyun-wu in #358
Improve readability in oai_openai_utils.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #365
Improve readability in oai_completion.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #364
Fix grammar in agentchat_web_info.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #362
Improve readability for agentchat_two_users.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #361
Fix the grammar and spelling in agentchat_human_feedback.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #354
Fix spelling and grammar in agentchat_langchain.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #355
Fix grammar and spelling in agentchat_planning.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #356
Fix grammar in agentchat_stream.ipynb by @shruti222patel in #357
headsup about dependency change by @sonichi in #378
Add link to OptiGuide #371 by @smty2018 in #376
Update docs in RetrieveChat notebook and Installation by @thinkall in #379
config list for test by @sonichi in #395
Supporting MultiModal Models: an example with LLaVA Notebook by @BeibinLi in #286
using thread safe timeout to allow code execution to be compatible wi… by @ragyabraham in #224
Fix tmp dir not exists by @thinkall in #401
feat: Qdrant vector store support by @Anush008 in #303
[Blocking Issue] Add tests dependencies for qdrant and fix chromadb errors by @thinkall in #435
TeachableAgent blog post by @rickyloynd-microsoft in #436
Adds jupyter as a vscode extension, fix validation errors in devcontainer.json by @craigomatic in #433
Update FAQ section in documentation by @AaronWard in #390
Add token_count_util by @kevin666aa in #421
spelling fix for math_user_proxy_agent.py by @codingdrone in #431
bump version to 0.1.14 by @sonichi in #400
Update Installation.md by @gagb in #456
Update FAQ with workaround for Issue #251 by @marcgreen in #405
Fix typo in README.md by @eltociear in #481
Fix/async function and tool execution by @aayushchhabra1999 in #87
Adding async support to get_human_input by @bonadio in #466
Added example .txt file for agentchat_langchain sample notebook by @jasondotparse in #373
Fix : Typo by @AaadityaG in #506
Dev/v0.2 by @sonichi in #393
Added a simple Testbed tool for repeatedly running templated Autogen scenarios with tightly-controlled initial conditions. by @afourney in #455
Fix typo import autogen by @hung-ngm in #549
Add support to unstructrued by @thinkall in #501
Update TRANSPARENCY_FAQS.md by @gfggithubleet in #492
Update README.md by @vatsalya-vyas in #507
fix wrong 'Langchain Provided Tools as Functions' doc ref by @AkariLan in #495
copy dicts before modifying by @sonichi in #551
Large Multimodal Models in AgentChat by @BeibinLi in #554
update version of openai dependency by @sonichi in #588
Notebook/hierarchy flow by @joshkyh in #482
seed -> cache_seed by @sonichi in #600
Added link to the new notebook by @joshkyh in #594
update return type of WolframAlphaAPIWrapper.run() by @1073710317 in #523
news update by @sonichi in #609
Add EcoAssistant to the research page by @JieyuZ2 in #612
Add CompressibleAgent by @kevin666aa in #443
add AutoGen paper info at the beginning of readme by @qingyun-wu in #621
Update oai_completion.ipynb by @AndreasVolkmann in #623
Added warnings for some GroupChat misconfigurations and selection errors by @afourney in #603
Introducing Experimental GPT Assistant Agent in AutoGen by @IANTHEREAL in #616
added twitter(X) banner + link to readme by @malikmmoaz in #615
Enable streaming support for openai v1 by @Alvaromah in #597
improve readme by @qingyun-wu in #630
Handled possible unclear IndexError in ConversableAgent.last_message method by @jeezrick in #622
Fix test error of compressible agent by @kevin666aa in #631
Fix docstring of get_or_create by @thinkall in #583
Refactor GPTAssistantAgent by @gagb in #632
uncomment test_hierarchy_flow_using_select_speaker by @qingyun-wu in #640
Add basic notebook for gptassistant by @gagb in #636
Openai assistant function usage notebook by @IANTHEREAL in #639
bump version by @sonichi in #645
add EcoAssistant blog by @JieyuZ2 in #647
Add code interpreter for GptAssistant Notebook. by @LeoLjl in #644
Add openai_client as property and update notebook. by @LeoLjl in #654
fix tag in EcoAssistant blog by @JieyuZ2 in #657
Add agentchat_oai_assistant_groupchat.ipynb by @LeoLjl in #656
Add blog post for open ai assistants by @gagb in #638
add doc about openai assistants by @qingyun-wu in #659
Fix typos in my affiliation by @gagb in #667
Update index.mdx with version number by @gagb in #670
Issue-560 by @olaoluwasalami in #578
Sets the umask before executing the task in Docker. by @afourney in #593
Allows users to specify a different requirements.txt file to install … by @afourney in #671
Addresses issue 635, relating to newlines in Windows. by @afourney in #678
Added an 'auto' mode to last_n_messages by @afourney in #693
fix assistant creating without file by @IANTHEREAL in #689
Fix typos in website blog by @Hao-tian-Zheng in #696
Add RAG gptassistant example notebook by @gagb in #694
Fix some type annotations and edge cases by @s-cerevisiae in #572
Makes select_speaker more robust by checking for mentions anywhere. by @afourney in #669
update side bar by @skzhang1 in #702
Update speaker selector in GroupChat and update some notebooks by @thinkall in #688
Update FAQ.md with api_base vs base_url question by @gagb in #672
Re-added completion logging when using older versions of Autogen. by @afourney in #701
add relevant dependency to the oai test workflow by @qingyun-wu in #712
bump version to 0.2.0b6 by @sonichi in #710
fix typos in function helper text by @shresthasurav in #503
Sample Web Application Built with AutoGen by @victordibia in #695
Fixes cache issue from 703 and 679 by @afourney in #707
Support custom text formats and recursive by @thinkall in #496
Adding first version of AgentEval -- a framework for assessing task utility for LLM-powered applications by @julianakiseleva in #681
improve CODE_BLOCK_PATTERN for a more robust code match by @DearVa in #571
Update OAI_CONFIG_LIST_sample by @Markusdreyer in #734
Controlling select_speaker using Graph Modelling Language by @joshkyh in #720
Update agentchat_oai_assistant_retrieval.ipynb by @gagb in #732
doc: Update FAQ.md by @eltociear in #742
Update OAI_CONFIG_LIST_sample by @anarchitect in #655
Add DALLE Notebook Example by @BeibinLi in #744
support retrievaling assistant by name by @IANTHEREAL in #718
Fixed #279 by @monarchwadia in #757
bump version to 0.2.0 by @sonichi in #758

New Contributors

@BeibinLi made their first contribution in #2
@qingyun-wu made their first contribution in #20
@danizord made their first contribution in #35
@eltociear made their first contribution in #37
@juanmacuevas made their first contribution in #40
@AlyrenN made their first contribution in #54
@AaronWard made their first contribution in #50
@priyansh4320 made their first contribution in #43
@LittleLittleCloud made their first contribution in #31
@hiftielabs made their first contribution in #72
@kevin666aa made their first contribution in #47
@shauryr made their first contribution in #84
@alhridoy made their first contribution in #69
@cipherself made their first contribution in #80
@dependabot made their first contribution in #93
@masterujjval made their first contribution in #94
@lgersman made their first contribution in #129
@htcrefactor made their first contribution in #134
@HyperCodec made their first contribution in #123
@SDcodehub made their first contribution in #127
@mrauter1 made their first contribution in #139
@manish7017 made their first contribution in #154
@olaoluwasalami made their first contribution in #150
@vidhula17 made their first contribution in #162
@AllenJShi made their first contribution in #138
@afourney made their first contribution in #174
@wayliums made their first contribution in #180
@msaelices made their first contribution in #205
@gagb made their first contribution in #194
@creator0131 made their first contribution in #193
@Steellgold made their first contribution in #169
@javidjamae made their first contribution in #213
@smty2018 made their first contribution in #218
@jtsang4 made their first contribution in #222
@05hiteshbansal made their first contribution in #231
@shruti222patel made their first contribution in #220
@Gourav2609 made their first contribution in #233
@maxim-saplin made their first contribution in #269
@Ayushpanditmoto made their first contribution in #249
@suravkshrestha made their first contribution in #299
@victordibia made their first contribution in #288
@haseeb-xd made their first contribution in #282
@rickyloynd-microsoft made their first contribution in #278
@2good4hisowngood made their first contribution in #338
@IshitaPathak made their first contribution in #321
@rabbabansh made their first contribution in #327
@ragyabraham made their first contribution in #224
@Anush008 made their first contribution in #303
@craigomatic made their first contribution in #433
@codingdrone made their first contribution in #431
@marcgreen made their first contribution in #405
@aayushchhabra1999 made their first contribution in #87
@bonadio made their first contribution in #466
@jasondotparse made their first contribution in #373
@AaadityaG made their first contribution in #506
@hung-ngm made their first contribution in #549
@gfggithubleet made their first contribution in #492
@vatsalya-vyas made their first contribution in #507
@AkariLan made their first contribution in #495
@joshkyh made their first contribution in #482
@1073710317 made their first contribution in #523
@JieyuZ2 made their first contribution in #612
@AndreasVolkmann made their first contribution in #623
@IANTHEREAL made their first contribution in #616
@malikmmoaz made their first contribution in #615
@Alvaromah made their first contribution in #597
@jeezrick made their first contribution in #622
@LeoLjl made their first contribution in #644
@Hao-tian-Zheng made their first contribution in #696
@s-cerevisiae made their first contribution in #572
@skzhang1 made their first contribution in #702
@shresthasurav made their first contribution in #503
@julianakiseleva made their first contribution in #681
@DearVa made their first contribution in #571
@Markusdreyer made their first contribution in #734
@anarchitect made their first contribution in #655
@monarchwadia made their first contribution in #757

Full Changelog: v0.1.1...v0.2.0