wehub-resource-syncTime Plugin - Demo Application
This is an example how you can easily use Plugins with the Power of Auto Function Calling from AI Models.
Here we have a simple Time Plugin created in C# that can be called from the AI Model to get the current time.
Semantic Kernel Features Used
- Plugin - Creating a Plugin from a native C# Booking class to be used by the Kernel to interact with Bookings API.
- Chat Completion Service - Using the Chat Completion Service OpenAI Connector implementation to generate responses from the LLM.
- Chat History Using the Chat History abstraction to create, update and retrieve chat history from Chat Completion Models.
- Auto Function Calling Enables the LLM to have knowledge of current importedUsing the Function Calling feature automatically call the Booking Plugin from the LLM.
Prerequisites
Function Calling Enabled Models
This sample uses function calling capable models and has been tested with the following models:
| Model type | Model name/id | Model version | Supported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat Completion | gpt-3.5-turbo | 0125 | ✅ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-3.5-turbo-1106 | 1106 | ✅ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-3.5-turbo-0613 | 0613 | ✅ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-3.5-turbo-0301 | 0301 | ❌ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-3.5-turbo-16k | 0613 | ✅ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-4 | 0613 | ✅ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-4-0613 | 0613 | ✅ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-4-0314 | 0314 | ❌ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-4-turbo | 2024-04-09 | ✅ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 | 2024-04-09 | ✅ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-4-turbo-preview | 0125-preview | ✅ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-4-0125-preview | 0125-preview | ✅ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-4-vision-preview | 1106-vision-preview | ✅ |
| Chat Completion | gpt-4-1106-vision-preview | 1106-vision-preview | ✅ |
ℹ️ OpenAI Models older than 0613 version do not support function calling.
Configuring the sample
The sample can be configured by using the command line with .NET Secret Manager to avoid the risk of leaking secrets into the repository, branches and pull requests.
Using .NET Secret Manager
# OpenAI
dotnet user-secrets set "OpenAI:ChatModelId" "gpt-3.5-turbo"
dotnet user-secrets set "OpenAI:ApiKey" "... your api key ... "
Running the sample
After configuring the sample, to build and run the console application just hit F5.
To build and run the console application from the terminal use the following commands:
dotnet build
dotnet run
Example of a conversation
Ask questions to use the Time Plugin such as:
- What time is it?
User > What time is it ?
Assistant > The current time is Sun, 12 May 2024 15:53:54 GMT.