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Action subtask

ActionSubtask

Bases: PromptTask

Source code in griptape/griptape/tasks/action_subtask.py
@define
class ActionSubtask(PromptTask):
    THOUGHT_PATTERN = r"(?s)^Thought:\s*(.*?)$"
    ACTION_PATTERN = r"(?s)Action:[^{]*({.*})"
    ANSWER_PATTERN = r"(?s)^Answer:\s?([\s\S]*)$"
    ACTION_SCHEMA = Schema(
        description="Actions have name, path, and input object.",
        schema={
            Literal("name", description="Action name"): str,
            Literal("path", description="Action path"): str,
            schema.Optional(Literal("input", description="Optional action path input values object")): {"values": dict},
        },
    )

    parent_task_id: Optional[str] = field(default=None, kw_only=True)
    thought: Optional[str] = field(default=None, kw_only=True)
    action_name: Optional[str] = field(default=None, kw_only=True)
    action_path: Optional[str] = field(default=None, kw_only=True)
    action_input: Optional[dict] = field(default=None, kw_only=True)

    _tool: Optional[BaseTool] = None
    _memory: Optional[TaskMemory] = None

    @property
    def input(self) -> TextArtifact:
        return TextArtifact(self.input_template)

    @property
    def origin_task(self) -> Optional[ActionSubtaskOriginMixin]:
        return self.structure.find_task(self.parent_task_id)

    @property
    def parents(self) -> list[ActionSubtask]:
        return [self.origin_task.find_subtask(parent_id) for parent_id in self.parent_ids]

    @property
    def children(self) -> list[ActionSubtask]:
        return [self.origin_task.find_subtask(child_id) for child_id in self.child_ids]

    def attach_to(self, parent_task: BaseTask):
        self.parent_task_id = parent_task.id
        self.structure = parent_task.structure
        self.__init_from_prompt(self.input.to_text())

    def before_run(self) -> None:
        self.structure.publish_event(StartActionSubtaskEvent.from_task(self))
        self.structure.logger.info(f"Subtask {self.id}\n{self.input.to_text()}")

    def run(self) -> BaseArtifact:
        try:
            if self.action_name == "error":
                self.output = ErrorArtifact(str(self.action_input))
            else:
                if self._tool:
                    response = self._tool.execute(getattr(self._tool, self.action_path), self)
                else:
                    response = ErrorArtifact("tool not found")

                self.output = response
        except Exception as e:
            self.structure.logger.error(f"Subtask {self.id}\n{e}", exc_info=True)

            self.output = ErrorArtifact(str(e))
        finally:
            return self.output

    def after_run(self) -> None:
        response = self.output.to_text() if isinstance(self.output, BaseArtifact) else str(self.output)

        self.structure.publish_event(FinishActionSubtaskEvent.from_task(self))
        self.structure.logger.info(f"Subtask {self.id}\nResponse: {response}")

    def action_to_json(self) -> str:
        json_dict = {}

        if self.action_name:
            json_dict["name"] = self.action_name

        if self.action_path:
            json_dict["path"] = self.action_path

        if self.action_input:
            json_dict["input"] = self.action_input

        return json.dumps(json_dict)

    def add_child(self, child: ActionSubtask) -> ActionSubtask:
        if child.id not in self.child_ids:
            self.child_ids.append(child.id)

        if self.id not in child.parent_ids:
            child.parent_ids.append(self.id)

        return child

    def add_parent(self, parent: ActionSubtask) -> ActionSubtask:
        if parent.id not in self.parent_ids:
            self.parent_ids.append(parent.id)

        if self.id not in parent.child_ids:
            parent.child_ids.append(self.id)

        return parent

    def __init_from_prompt(self, value: str) -> None:
        thought_matches = re.findall(self.THOUGHT_PATTERN, value, re.MULTILINE)
        action_matches = re.findall(self.ACTION_PATTERN, value, re.DOTALL)
        answer_matches = re.findall(self.ANSWER_PATTERN, value, re.MULTILINE)

        if self.thought is None and len(thought_matches) > 0:
            self.thought = thought_matches[-1]

        if len(action_matches) > 0:
            try:
                data = action_matches[-1]
                action_object: dict = json.loads(data, strict=False)

                validate(instance=action_object, schema=self.ACTION_SCHEMA.schema)

                # Load action name; throw exception if the key is not present
                if self.action_name is None:
                    self.action_name = action_object["name"]

                # Load action method; throw exception if the key is not present
                if self.action_path is None:
                    self.action_path = action_object["path"]

                # Load optional input value; don't throw exceptions if key is not present
                if self.action_input is None and "input" in action_object:
                    # The schema library has a bug, where something like `Or(str, None)` doesn't get
                    # correctly translated into JSON schema. For some optional input fields LLMs sometimes
                    # still provide null value, which trips up the validator. The temporary solution that
                    # works is to strip all key-values where value is null.
                    self.action_input = remove_null_values_in_dict_recursively(action_object["input"])

                # Load the action itself
                if self.action_name:
                    self._tool = self.origin_task.find_tool(self.action_name)

                if self._tool:
                    self.__validate_action_input(self.action_input, self._tool)
            except SyntaxError as e:
                self.structure.logger.error(f"Subtask {self.origin_task.id}\nSyntax error: {e}")

                self.action_name = "error"
                self.action_input = {"error": f"syntax error: {e}"}
            except ValidationError as e:
                self.structure.logger.error(f"Subtask {self.origin_task.id}\nInvalid action JSON: {e}")

                self.action_name = "error"
                self.action_input = {"error": f"Action JSON validation error: {e}"}
            except Exception as e:
                self.structure.logger.error(f"Subtask {self.origin_task.id}\nError parsing tool action: {e}")

                self.action_name = "error"
                self.action_input = {"error": f"Action input parsing error: {e}"}
        elif self.output is None and len(answer_matches) > 0:
            self.output = TextArtifact(answer_matches[-1])

    def __validate_action_input(self, action_input: dict, mixin: ActivityMixin) -> None:
        try:
            activity_schema = mixin.activity_schema(getattr(mixin, self.action_path))

            if activity_schema:
                validate(instance=action_input, schema=activity_schema)
        except ValidationError as e:
            self.structure.logger.error(f"Subtask {self.origin_task.id}\nInvalid activity input JSON: {e}")

            self.action_name = "error"
            self.action_input = {"error": f"Activity input JSON validation error: {e}"}

ACTION_PATTERN = '(?s)Action:[^{]*({.*})' class-attribute instance-attribute

ACTION_SCHEMA = Schema(description='Actions have name, path, and input object.', schema={Literal('name', description='Action name'): str, Literal('path', description='Action path'): str, schema.Optional(Literal('input', description='Optional action path input values object')): {'values': dict}}) class-attribute instance-attribute

ANSWER_PATTERN = '(?s)^Answer:\\s?([\\s\\S]*)$' class-attribute instance-attribute

THOUGHT_PATTERN = '(?s)^Thought:\\s*(.*?)$' class-attribute instance-attribute

action_input: Optional[dict] = field(default=None, kw_only=True) class-attribute instance-attribute

action_name: Optional[str] = field(default=None, kw_only=True) class-attribute instance-attribute

action_path: Optional[str] = field(default=None, kw_only=True) class-attribute instance-attribute

children: list[ActionSubtask] property

input: TextArtifact property

origin_task: Optional[ActionSubtaskOriginMixin] property

parent_task_id: Optional[str] = field(default=None, kw_only=True) class-attribute instance-attribute

parents: list[ActionSubtask] property

thought: Optional[str] = field(default=None, kw_only=True) class-attribute instance-attribute

__init_from_prompt(value)

Source code in griptape/griptape/tasks/action_subtask.py
def __init_from_prompt(self, value: str) -> None:
    thought_matches = re.findall(self.THOUGHT_PATTERN, value, re.MULTILINE)
    action_matches = re.findall(self.ACTION_PATTERN, value, re.DOTALL)
    answer_matches = re.findall(self.ANSWER_PATTERN, value, re.MULTILINE)

    if self.thought is None and len(thought_matches) > 0:
        self.thought = thought_matches[-1]

    if len(action_matches) > 0:
        try:
            data = action_matches[-1]
            action_object: dict = json.loads(data, strict=False)

            validate(instance=action_object, schema=self.ACTION_SCHEMA.schema)

            # Load action name; throw exception if the key is not present
            if self.action_name is None:
                self.action_name = action_object["name"]

            # Load action method; throw exception if the key is not present
            if self.action_path is None:
                self.action_path = action_object["path"]

            # Load optional input value; don't throw exceptions if key is not present
            if self.action_input is None and "input" in action_object:
                # The schema library has a bug, where something like `Or(str, None)` doesn't get
                # correctly translated into JSON schema. For some optional input fields LLMs sometimes
                # still provide null value, which trips up the validator. The temporary solution that
                # works is to strip all key-values where value is null.
                self.action_input = remove_null_values_in_dict_recursively(action_object["input"])

            # Load the action itself
            if self.action_name:
                self._tool = self.origin_task.find_tool(self.action_name)

            if self._tool:
                self.__validate_action_input(self.action_input, self._tool)
        except SyntaxError as e:
            self.structure.logger.error(f"Subtask {self.origin_task.id}\nSyntax error: {e}")

            self.action_name = "error"
            self.action_input = {"error": f"syntax error: {e}"}
        except ValidationError as e:
            self.structure.logger.error(f"Subtask {self.origin_task.id}\nInvalid action JSON: {e}")

            self.action_name = "error"
            self.action_input = {"error": f"Action JSON validation error: {e}"}
        except Exception as e:
            self.structure.logger.error(f"Subtask {self.origin_task.id}\nError parsing tool action: {e}")

            self.action_name = "error"
            self.action_input = {"error": f"Action input parsing error: {e}"}
    elif self.output is None and len(answer_matches) > 0:
        self.output = TextArtifact(answer_matches[-1])

__validate_action_input(action_input, mixin)

Source code in griptape/griptape/tasks/action_subtask.py
def __validate_action_input(self, action_input: dict, mixin: ActivityMixin) -> None:
    try:
        activity_schema = mixin.activity_schema(getattr(mixin, self.action_path))

        if activity_schema:
            validate(instance=action_input, schema=activity_schema)
    except ValidationError as e:
        self.structure.logger.error(f"Subtask {self.origin_task.id}\nInvalid activity input JSON: {e}")

        self.action_name = "error"
        self.action_input = {"error": f"Activity input JSON validation error: {e}"}

action_to_json()

Source code in griptape/griptape/tasks/action_subtask.py
def action_to_json(self) -> str:
    json_dict = {}

    if self.action_name:
        json_dict["name"] = self.action_name

    if self.action_path:
        json_dict["path"] = self.action_path

    if self.action_input:
        json_dict["input"] = self.action_input

    return json.dumps(json_dict)

add_child(child)

Source code in griptape/griptape/tasks/action_subtask.py
def add_child(self, child: ActionSubtask) -> ActionSubtask:
    if child.id not in self.child_ids:
        self.child_ids.append(child.id)

    if self.id not in child.parent_ids:
        child.parent_ids.append(self.id)

    return child

add_parent(parent)

Source code in griptape/griptape/tasks/action_subtask.py
def add_parent(self, parent: ActionSubtask) -> ActionSubtask:
    if parent.id not in self.parent_ids:
        self.parent_ids.append(parent.id)

    if self.id not in parent.child_ids:
        parent.child_ids.append(self.id)

    return parent

after_run()

Source code in griptape/griptape/tasks/action_subtask.py
def after_run(self) -> None:
    response = self.output.to_text() if isinstance(self.output, BaseArtifact) else str(self.output)

    self.structure.publish_event(FinishActionSubtaskEvent.from_task(self))
    self.structure.logger.info(f"Subtask {self.id}\nResponse: {response}")

attach_to(parent_task)

Source code in griptape/griptape/tasks/action_subtask.py
def attach_to(self, parent_task: BaseTask):
    self.parent_task_id = parent_task.id
    self.structure = parent_task.structure
    self.__init_from_prompt(self.input.to_text())

before_run()

Source code in griptape/griptape/tasks/action_subtask.py
def before_run(self) -> None:
    self.structure.publish_event(StartActionSubtaskEvent.from_task(self))
    self.structure.logger.info(f"Subtask {self.id}\n{self.input.to_text()}")

run()

Source code in griptape/griptape/tasks/action_subtask.py
def run(self) -> BaseArtifact:
    try:
        if self.action_name == "error":
            self.output = ErrorArtifact(str(self.action_input))
        else:
            if self._tool:
                response = self._tool.execute(getattr(self._tool, self.action_path), self)
            else:
                response = ErrorArtifact("tool not found")

            self.output = response
    except Exception as e:
        self.structure.logger.error(f"Subtask {self.id}\n{e}", exc_info=True)

        self.output = ErrorArtifact(str(e))
    finally:
        return self.output