sopel-ai 1.0.12

Sopel AI - an LLM enhanced chat bot plug-in

% sopel_ai(1) Version 1.0.12 chatbot plugin

Name

Sopel AI - AI query/response plugin

Synopsis

Enable Sopel to respond to queries using a Perplexity AI back-end, featuring the ability to plug different LLMs on a per-user basis.

pip install -U sopel_ai

sopel configure
sopel

From a channel where Sopel AI is present enter a query:

.q Summarize the plot of The Martian by Andy Weir.

This plugin requires an API key issued by the service provider.

Installation

pip install -U sopel_ai

The installation assumes that the Sopel chatbot is already installed in the target system and in the same environment as the pip installation.

Confirm the installed package and version:

echo "import sopel_ai ; print(sopel_ai.__VERSION__)" | python

Commands

Listed in order of frequency of use:

Command	Arguments	Effect
.q	Some question	The model produces a response
.qpm	Some question	Same as .q but in private message
.models	n/a	Lists all models that Sopel AI supports
.mymodel	number	Request or set the model to use for the current /nick
.req	n/a	Return the GitHub URL for Sopel AI feature requests
.bug	n/a	Same as .req

Other available commands if the standard Sopen infobot plugins are enabled:

Command	Arguments	Effect
.search	Some question	Search using Bing or DuckDuckGo
.dict	Word	Get a dictionary definition if one is available
.tr	Word of phrase	Translate to English
.w	Word or topic	Search Wikipedia for articles

Usage

The most common usage is to enter a query in-channel or private message, and wait for the bot to respond.

.q Quote the Three Law of Robotics as a list and without details.

Users may check the current model used for producing their responses by issuing:

.mymodel

The bot produces a numbered list of supported models by issuing:

.models

Users are welcome to change the default model to one of those listed by issuing the .mymodel command followed by the item number for the desired model from the list:

.mymodel 1

Users may request private instead of in-channel responses:

.qpm Quote the Three Laws of Robotics and give me examples.

Users can query the bot plugin and AI provider using:

.mver

AI providers

The current version uses the Perplexity AI models and API. Future versions may support other providers.

API Key

All AI services providers require an API key for access. This version of Sopel AI uses one environment variable and two mechanisms for resolving it:

export PERPLEXITY_API_KEY="pplx-2a45baaf"

Or use the .env file to store this and other secretes. The underlying PerplexiPy module uses dotenv package for secrets resolution.

License

The Sopel AI Sopel plugin, package, documentation, and examples are licensed under the BSD-3 open source license at https://github.com/pr3d4t0r/sopel_ai/blob/master/LICENSE.txt.

See also

• Sopel AI API documentation at https://pr3d4t0r.github.io/sopel_ai
• PerplexiPy high level API interface to Perplexity AI https://pypi.org/project/perplexipy
• Sopel commands: https://sopel.chat/usage/commands/
• Sopel bot home page: https://sopel.chat/

Bugs

Feature requests and bug reports:

https://github.com/pr3d4t0r/sopel_ai/issues