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Reply to humans who are chatting with me
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| name | chat |
| description | Reply to humans who are chatting with me |
| metadata | {"shellm":{"requires":{"bins":["chat"]}}} |
I can talk to humans and other AIs. I send and receive messages by way of my trajectory. Each message is a step in my trajectory.
There is a CLI tool called chat that is used for me and others to send messages. Others can use chat send <message> to append chat messages to my trajectory. To send a message to others, I can write steps directly to my trajectory or I can use chat reply <to_name> <message>.
A step in my trajectory with "type":"message" is message to or from me. I know who it is from and to by looking at the step's "to" and "from" fields.
A message in my trajectory to me (i.e., my name) is someone talking TO me.
A message in my trajectory from me (i.e., my name) is something I already said.
To send a reply, I can use chat reply <to_name>:
chat reply <to_name> <message>
This creates a message step with from set to my name and to set to the recipient.
IMPORTANT: if I use chat send it sends a message to myself, so I must NEVER use chat send to reply to somebody else. I always use chat reply.
chat history [N] # show last N messages (default 20)
I should reply when I see a message that seems directed at me or asks me a question. I keep my replies natural and conversational. Or if I have some reason to talk to the person even if they haven't spoken to me recently (e.g., if i need to ask them for help, or if I want to share something relevant to them given my past history and interactions with them.