nvidia-nat 1.2.0__py3-none-any.whl

nat/agent/react_agent/agent.py

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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import json
+# pylint: disable=R0917
+import logging
+from json import JSONDecodeError
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from langchain_core.agents import AgentAction
+from langchain_core.agents import AgentFinish
+from langchain_core.callbacks.base import AsyncCallbackHandler
+from langchain_core.language_models import BaseChatModel
+from langchain_core.messages.ai import AIMessage
+from langchain_core.messages.base import BaseMessage
+from langchain_core.messages.human import HumanMessage
+from langchain_core.messages.tool import ToolMessage
+from langchain_core.prompts import ChatPromptTemplate
+from langchain_core.prompts import MessagesPlaceholder
+from langchain_core.runnables.config import RunnableConfig
+from langchain_core.tools import BaseTool
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from nat.agent.base import AGENT_CALL_LOG_MESSAGE
+from nat.agent.base import AGENT_LOG_PREFIX
+from nat.agent.base import INPUT_SCHEMA_MESSAGE
+from nat.agent.base import NO_INPUT_ERROR_MESSAGE
+from nat.agent.base import TOOL_NOT_FOUND_ERROR_MESSAGE
+from nat.agent.base import AgentDecision
+from nat.agent.dual_node import DualNodeAgent
+from nat.agent.react_agent.output_parser import ReActOutputParser
+from nat.agent.react_agent.output_parser import ReActOutputParserException
+from nat.agent.react_agent.prompt import SYSTEM_PROMPT
+from nat.agent.react_agent.prompt import USER_PROMPT
+
+# To avoid circular imports
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from nat.agent.react_agent.register import ReActAgentWorkflowConfig
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ReActGraphState(BaseModel):
+    """State schema for the ReAct Agent Graph"""
+    messages: list[BaseMessage] = Field(default_factory=list)  # input and output of the ReAct Agent
+    agent_scratchpad: list[AgentAction] = Field(default_factory=list)  # agent thoughts / intermediate steps
+    tool_responses: list[BaseMessage] = Field(default_factory=list)  # the responses from any tool calls
+
+
+class ReActAgentGraph(DualNodeAgent):
+    """Configurable LangGraph ReAct Agent. A ReAct Agent performs reasoning inbetween tool calls, and utilizes the tool
+    names and descriptions to select the optimal tool.  Supports retrying on output parsing errors.  Argument
+    "detailed_logs" toggles logging of inputs, outputs, and intermediate steps."""
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 llm: BaseChatModel,
+                 prompt: ChatPromptTemplate,
+                 tools: list[BaseTool],
+                 use_tool_schema: bool = True,
+                 callbacks: list[AsyncCallbackHandler] | None = None,
+                 detailed_logs: bool = False,
+                 retry_agent_response_parsing_errors: bool = True,
+                 parse_agent_response_max_retries: int = 1,
+                 tool_call_max_retries: int = 1,
+                 pass_tool_call_errors_to_agent: bool = True):
+        super().__init__(llm=llm, tools=tools, callbacks=callbacks, detailed_logs=detailed_logs)
+        self.parse_agent_response_max_retries = (parse_agent_response_max_retries
+                                                 if retry_agent_response_parsing_errors else 1)
+        self.tool_call_max_retries = tool_call_max_retries
+        self.pass_tool_call_errors_to_agent = pass_tool_call_errors_to_agent
+        logger.debug(
+            "%s Filling the prompt variables 'tools' and 'tool_names', using the tools provided in the config.",
+            AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+        tool_names = ",".join([tool.name for tool in tools[:-1]]) + ',' + tools[-1].name  # prevent trailing ","
+        if not use_tool_schema:
+            tool_names_and_descriptions = "\n".join(
+                [f"{tool.name}: {tool.description}"
+                 for tool in tools[:-1]]) + "\n" + f"{tools[-1].name}: {tools[-1].description}"  # prevent trailing "\n"
+        else:
+            logger.debug("%s Adding the tools' input schema to the tools' description", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+            tool_names_and_descriptions = "\n".join([
+                f"{tool.name}: {tool.description}. {INPUT_SCHEMA_MESSAGE.format(schema=tool.input_schema.model_fields)}"
+                for tool in tools[:-1]
+            ]) + "\n" + (f"{tools[-1].name}: {tools[-1].description}. "
+                         f"{INPUT_SCHEMA_MESSAGE.format(schema=tools[-1].input_schema.model_fields)}")
+        prompt = prompt.partial(tools=tool_names_and_descriptions, tool_names=tool_names)
+        # construct the ReAct Agent
+        bound_llm = llm.bind(stop=["Observation:"])  # type: ignore
+        self.agent = prompt | bound_llm
+        self.tools_dict = {tool.name: tool for tool in tools}
+        logger.debug("%s Initialized ReAct Agent Graph", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+
+    def _get_tool(self, tool_name: str):
+        try:
+            return self.tools_dict.get(tool_name)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.exception("%s Unable to find tool with the name %s\n%s",
+                             AGENT_LOG_PREFIX,
+                             tool_name,
+                             ex,
+                             exc_info=True)
+            raise ex
+
+    async def agent_node(self, state: ReActGraphState):
+        try:
+            logger.debug("%s Starting the ReAct Agent Node", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+            # keeping a working state allows us to resolve parsing errors without polluting the agent scratchpad
+            # the agent "forgets" about the parsing error after solving it - prevents hallucinations in next cycles
+            working_state = []
+            # Starting from attempt 1 instead of 0 for logging
+            for attempt in range(1, self.parse_agent_response_max_retries + 1):
+                # the first time we are invoking the ReAct Agent, it won't have any intermediate steps / agent thoughts
+                if len(state.agent_scratchpad) == 0 and len(working_state) == 0:
+                    # the user input comes from the "messages" state channel
+                    if len(state.messages) == 0:
+                        raise RuntimeError('No input received in state: "messages"')
+                    # to check is any human input passed or not, if no input passed Agent will return the state
+                    content = str(state.messages[-1].content)
+                    if content.strip() == "":
+                        logger.error("%s No human input passed to the agent.", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+                        state.messages += [AIMessage(content=NO_INPUT_ERROR_MESSAGE)]
+                        return state
+                    question = content
+                    logger.debug("%s Querying agent, attempt: %s", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX, attempt)
+                    chat_history = self._get_chat_history(state.messages)
+                    output_message = await self._stream_llm(
+                        self.agent,
+                        {
+                            "question": question, "chat_history": chat_history
+                        },
+                        RunnableConfig(callbacks=self.callbacks)  # type: ignore
+                    )
+
+                    if self.detailed_logs:
+                        logger.info(AGENT_CALL_LOG_MESSAGE, question, output_message.content)
+                else:
+                    # ReAct Agents require agentic cycles
+                    # in an agentic cycle, preserve the agent's thoughts from the previous cycles,
+                    # and give the agent the response from the tool it called
+                    agent_scratchpad = []
+                    for index, intermediate_step in enumerate(state.agent_scratchpad):
+                        agent_thoughts = AIMessage(content=intermediate_step.log)
+                        agent_scratchpad.append(agent_thoughts)
+                        tool_response_content = str(state.tool_responses[index].content)
+                        tool_response = HumanMessage(content=tool_response_content)
+                        agent_scratchpad.append(tool_response)
+                    agent_scratchpad += working_state
+                    chat_history = self._get_chat_history(state.messages)
+                    question = str(state.messages[-1].content)
+                    logger.debug("%s Querying agent, attempt: %s", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX, attempt)
+
+                    output_message = await self._stream_llm(
+                        self.agent, {
+                            "question": question, "agent_scratchpad": agent_scratchpad, "chat_history": chat_history
+                        },
+                        RunnableConfig(callbacks=self.callbacks))
+
+                    if self.detailed_logs:
+                        logger.info(AGENT_CALL_LOG_MESSAGE, question, output_message.content)
+                        logger.debug("%s The agent's scratchpad (with tool result) was:\n%s",
+                                     AGENT_LOG_PREFIX,
+                                     agent_scratchpad)
+                try:
+                    # check if the agent has the final answer yet
+                    logger.debug("%s Successfully obtained agent response. Parsing agent's response", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+                    agent_output = await ReActOutputParser().aparse(output_message.content)
+                    logger.debug("%s Successfully parsed agent response after %s attempts", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX, attempt)
+                    if isinstance(agent_output, AgentFinish):
+                        final_answer = agent_output.return_values.get('output', output_message.content)
+                        logger.debug("%s The agent has finished, and has the final answer", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+                        # this is where we handle the final output of the Agent, we can clean-up/format/postprocess here
+                        # the final answer goes in the "messages" state channel
+                        state.messages += [AIMessage(content=final_answer)]
+                    else:
+                        # the agent wants to call a tool, ensure the thoughts are preserved for the next agentic cycle
+                        agent_output.log = output_message.content
+                        logger.debug("%s The agent wants to call a tool: %s", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX, agent_output.tool)
+                        state.agent_scratchpad += [agent_output]
+
+                    return state
+                except ReActOutputParserException as ex:
+                    # the agent output did not meet the expected ReAct output format. This can happen for a few reasons:
+                    # the agent mentioned a tool, but already has the final answer, this can happen with Llama models
+                    #   - the ReAct Agent already has the answer, and is reflecting on how it obtained the answer
+                    # the agent might have also missed Action or Action Input in its output
+                    logger.debug("%s Error parsing agent output\nObservation:%s\nAgent Output:\n%s",
+                                 AGENT_LOG_PREFIX,
+                                 ex.observation,
+                                 output_message.content)
+                    if attempt == self.parse_agent_response_max_retries:
+                        logger.warning(
+                            "%s Failed to parse agent output after %d attempts, consider enabling or "
+                            "increasing parse_agent_response_max_retries",
+                            AGENT_LOG_PREFIX,
+                            attempt)
+                        # the final answer goes in the "messages" state channel
+                        combined_content = str(ex.observation) + '\n' + str(output_message.content)
+                        output_message.content = combined_content
+                        state.messages += [output_message]
+                        return state
+                    # retry parsing errors, if configured
+                    logger.info("%s Retrying ReAct Agent, including output parsing Observation", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+                    working_state.append(output_message)
+                    working_state.append(HumanMessage(content=str(ex.observation)))
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.exception("%s Failed to call agent_node: %s", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX, ex, exc_info=True)
+            raise ex
+
+    async def conditional_edge(self, state: ReActGraphState):
+        try:
+            logger.debug("%s Starting the ReAct Conditional Edge", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+            if len(state.messages) > 1:
+                # the ReAct Agent has finished executing, the last agent output was AgentFinish
+                last_message_content = str(state.messages[-1].content)
+                logger.debug("%s Final answer:\n%s", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX, last_message_content)
+                return AgentDecision.END
+            # else the agent wants to call a tool
+            agent_output = state.agent_scratchpad[-1]
+            logger.debug("%s The agent wants to call: %s with input: %s",
+                         AGENT_LOG_PREFIX,
+                         agent_output.tool,
+                         agent_output.tool_input)
+            return AgentDecision.TOOL
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.exception("Failed to determine whether agent is calling a tool: %s", ex, exc_info=True)
+            logger.warning("%s Ending graph traversal", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+            return AgentDecision.END
+
+    async def tool_node(self, state: ReActGraphState):
+
+        logger.debug("%s Starting the Tool Call Node", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+        if len(state.agent_scratchpad) == 0:
+            raise RuntimeError('No tool input received in state: "agent_scratchpad"')
+        agent_thoughts = state.agent_scratchpad[-1]
+        # the agent can run any installed tool, simply install the tool and add it to the config file
+        requested_tool = self._get_tool(agent_thoughts.tool)
+        if not requested_tool:
+            configured_tool_names = list(self.tools_dict.keys())
+            logger.warning(
+                "%s ReAct Agent wants to call tool %s. In the ReAct Agent's configuration within the config file,"
+                "there is no tool with that name: %s",
+                AGENT_LOG_PREFIX,
+                agent_thoughts.tool,
+                configured_tool_names)
+            tool_response = ToolMessage(name='agent_error',
+                                        tool_call_id='agent_error',
+                                        content=TOOL_NOT_FOUND_ERROR_MESSAGE.format(tool_name=agent_thoughts.tool,
+                                                                                    tools=configured_tool_names))
+            state.tool_responses += [tool_response]
+            return state
+
+        logger.debug("%s Calling tool %s with input: %s",
+                     AGENT_LOG_PREFIX,
+                     requested_tool.name,
+                     agent_thoughts.tool_input)
+
+        # Run the tool. Try to use structured input, if possible.
+        try:
+            tool_input_str = str(agent_thoughts.tool_input).strip().replace("'", '"')
+            tool_input_dict = json.loads(tool_input_str) if tool_input_str != 'None' else tool_input_str
+            logger.debug("%s Successfully parsed structured tool input from Action Input", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+
+            tool_response = await self._call_tool(requested_tool,
+                                                  tool_input_dict,
+                                                  RunnableConfig(callbacks=self.callbacks),
+                                                  max_retries=self.tool_call_max_retries)
+
+            if self.detailed_logs:
+                self._log_tool_response(requested_tool.name, tool_input_dict, str(tool_response.content))
+
+        except JSONDecodeError as ex:
+            logger.debug(
+                "%s Unable to parse structured tool input from Action Input. Using Action Input as is."
+                "\nParsing error: %s",
+                AGENT_LOG_PREFIX,
+                ex,
+                exc_info=True)
+            tool_input_str = str(agent_thoughts.tool_input)
+
+            tool_response = await self._call_tool(requested_tool,
+                                                  tool_input_str,
+                                                  RunnableConfig(callbacks=self.callbacks),
+                                                  max_retries=self.tool_call_max_retries)
+
+        if self.detailed_logs:
+            self._log_tool_response(requested_tool.name, tool_input_str, str(tool_response.content))
+
+        if not self.pass_tool_call_errors_to_agent:
+            if tool_response.status == "error":
+                logger.error("%s Tool %s failed: %s", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX, requested_tool.name, tool_response.content)
+                raise RuntimeError("Tool call failed: " + str(tool_response.content))
+
+        state.tool_responses += [tool_response]
+        return state
+
+    async def build_graph(self):
+        try:
+            await super()._build_graph(state_schema=ReActGraphState)
+            logger.debug("%s ReAct Graph built and compiled successfully", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+            return self.graph
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.exception("%s Failed to build ReAct Graph: %s", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX, ex, exc_info=ex)
+            raise ex
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def validate_system_prompt(system_prompt: str) -> bool:
+        errors = []
+        if not system_prompt:
+            errors.append("The system prompt cannot be empty.")
+        required_prompt_variables = {
+            "{tools}": "The system prompt must contain {tools} so the agent knows about configured tools.",
+            "{tool_names}": "The system prompt must contain {tool_names} so the agent knows tool names."
+        }
+        for variable_name, error_message in required_prompt_variables.items():
+            if variable_name not in system_prompt:
+                errors.append(error_message)
+        if errors:
+            error_text = "\n".join(errors)
+            logger.exception("%s %s", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX, error_text)
+            raise ValueError(error_text)
+        return True
+
+
+def create_react_agent_prompt(config: "ReActAgentWorkflowConfig") -> ChatPromptTemplate:
+    """
+    Create a ReAct Agent prompt from the config.
+
+    Args:
+        config (ReActAgentWorkflowConfig): The config to use for the prompt.
+
+    Returns:
+        ChatPromptTemplate: The ReAct Agent prompt.
+    """
+    # the ReAct Agent prompt can be customized via config option system_prompt and additional_instructions.
+
+    if config.system_prompt:
+        prompt_str = config.system_prompt
+    else:
+        prompt_str = SYSTEM_PROMPT
+
+    if config.additional_instructions:
+        prompt_str += f" {config.additional_instructions}"
+
+    valid_prompt = ReActAgentGraph.validate_system_prompt(prompt_str)
+    if not valid_prompt:
+        logger.exception("%s Invalid system_prompt", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX)
+        raise ValueError("Invalid system_prompt")
+    prompt = ChatPromptTemplate([("system", prompt_str), ("user", USER_PROMPT),
+                                 MessagesPlaceholder(variable_name='agent_scratchpad', optional=True)])
+    return prompt

nat/agent/react_agent/output_parser.py

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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import re
+
+from langchain.agents.agent import AgentOutputParser
+from langchain_core.agents import AgentAction
+from langchain_core.agents import AgentFinish
+from langchain_core.exceptions import LangChainException
+
+from .prompt import SYSTEM_PROMPT
+
+FINAL_ANSWER_ACTION = "Final Answer:"
+MISSING_ACTION_AFTER_THOUGHT_ERROR_MESSAGE = "Invalid Format: Missing 'Action:' after 'Thought:'"
+MISSING_ACTION_INPUT_AFTER_ACTION_ERROR_MESSAGE = "Invalid Format: Missing 'Action Input:' after 'Action:'"
+FINAL_ANSWER_AND_PARSABLE_ACTION_ERROR_MESSAGE = ("Parsing LLM output produced both a final answer and a parse-able "
+                                                  "action:")
+
+
+class ReActOutputParserException(ValueError, LangChainException):
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 observation=None,
+                 missing_action=False,
+                 missing_action_input=False,
+                 final_answer_and_action=False):
+        self.observation = observation
+        self.missing_action = missing_action
+        self.missing_action_input = missing_action_input
+        self.final_answer_and_action = final_answer_and_action
+
+
+class ReActOutputParser(AgentOutputParser):
+    """Parses ReAct-style LLM calls that have a single tool input.
+
+    Expects output to be in one of two formats.
+
+    If the output signals that an action should be taken,
+    should be in the below format. This will result in an AgentAction
+    being returned.
+
+    ```
+    Thought: agent thought here
+    Action: search
+    Action Input: what is the temperature in SF?
+    Observation: Waiting for the tool response...
+    ```
+
+    If the output signals that a final answer should be given,
+    should be in the below format. This will result in an AgentFinish
+    being returned.
+
+    ```
+    Thought: agent thought here
+    Final Answer: The temperature is 100 degrees
+    ```
+
+    """
+
+    def get_format_instructions(self) -> str:
+        return SYSTEM_PROMPT
+
+    def parse(self, text: str) -> AgentAction | AgentFinish:
+        includes_answer = FINAL_ANSWER_ACTION in text
+        regex = r"Action\s*\d*\s*:[\s]*(.*?)\s*Action\s*\d*\s*Input\s*\d*\s*:[\s]*(.*?)(?=\s*[\n|\s]\s*Observation\b|$)"
+        action_match = re.search(regex, text, re.DOTALL)
+        if action_match:
+            if includes_answer:
+                raise ReActOutputParserException(
+                    final_answer_and_action=True,
+                    observation=f"{FINAL_ANSWER_AND_PARSABLE_ACTION_ERROR_MESSAGE}: {text}")
+            action = action_match.group(1).strip()
+            action_input = action_match.group(2)
+            tool_input = action_input.strip(" ")
+            tool_input = tool_input.strip('"')
+
+            return AgentAction(action, tool_input, text)
+
+        if includes_answer:
+            return AgentFinish({"output": text.split(FINAL_ANSWER_ACTION)[-1].strip()}, text)
+
+        if not re.search(r"Action\s*\d*\s*:[\s]*(.*?)", text, re.DOTALL):
+            raise ReActOutputParserException(observation=MISSING_ACTION_AFTER_THOUGHT_ERROR_MESSAGE,
+                                             missing_action=True)
+        if not re.search(r"[\s]*Action\s*\d*\s*Input\s*\d*\s*:[\s]*(.*)", text, re.DOTALL):
+            raise ReActOutputParserException(observation=MISSING_ACTION_INPUT_AFTER_ACTION_ERROR_MESSAGE,
+                                             missing_action_input=True)
+        raise ReActOutputParserException(f"Could not parse LLM output: `{text}`")
+
+    @property
+    def _type(self) -> str:
+        return "react-input"

nat/agent/react_agent/prompt.py

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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# flake8: noqa
+
+SYSTEM_PROMPT = """
+Answer the following questions as best you can. You may ask the human to use the following tools:
+
+{tools}
+
+You may respond in one of two formats.
+Use the following format exactly to ask the human to use a tool:
+
+Question: the input question you must answer
+Thought: you should always think about what to do
+Action: the action to take, should be one of [{tool_names}]
+Action Input: the input to the action (if there is no required input, include "Action Input: None")
+Observation: wait for the human to respond with the result from the tool, do not assume the response
+
+... (this Thought/Action/Action Input/Observation can repeat N times. If you do not need to use a tool, or after asking the human to use any tools and waiting for the human to respond, you might know the final answer.)
+Use the following format once you have the final answer:
+
+Thought: I now know the final answer
+Final Answer: the final answer to the original input question
+"""
+
+USER_PROMPT = """
+Previous conversation history:
+{chat_history}
+
+Question: {question}
+"""

nat/agent/react_agent/register.py

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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import logging
+
+from pydantic import AliasChoices
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from nat.builder.builder import Builder
+from nat.builder.framework_enum import LLMFrameworkEnum
+from nat.builder.function_info import FunctionInfo
+from nat.cli.register_workflow import register_function
+from nat.data_models.api_server import ChatRequest
+from nat.data_models.api_server import ChatResponse
+from nat.data_models.component_ref import FunctionRef
+from nat.data_models.component_ref import LLMRef
+from nat.data_models.function import FunctionBaseConfig
+from nat.utils.type_converter import GlobalTypeConverter
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ReActAgentWorkflowConfig(FunctionBaseConfig, name="react_agent"):
+    """
+    Defines a NAT function that uses a ReAct Agent performs reasoning inbetween tool calls, and utilizes the
+    tool names and descriptions to select the optimal tool.
+    """
+
+    tool_names: list[FunctionRef] = Field(default_factory=list,
+                                          description="The list of tools to provide to the react agent.")
+    llm_name: LLMRef = Field(description="The LLM model to use with the react agent.")
+    verbose: bool = Field(default=False, description="Set the verbosity of the react agent's logging.")
+    retry_agent_response_parsing_errors: bool = Field(
+        default=True,
+        validation_alias=AliasChoices("retry_agent_response_parsing_errors", "retry_parsing_errors"),
+        description="Whether to retry when encountering parsing errors in the agent's response.")
+    parse_agent_response_max_retries: int = Field(
+        default=1,
+        validation_alias=AliasChoices("parse_agent_response_max_retries", "max_retries"),
+        description="Maximum number of times the Agent may retry parsing errors. "
+        "Prevents the Agent from getting into infinite hallucination loops.")
+    tool_call_max_retries: int = Field(default=1, description="The number of retries before raising a tool call error.")
+    max_tool_calls: int = Field(default=15,
+                                validation_alias=AliasChoices("max_tool_calls", "max_iterations"),
+                                description="Maximum number of tool calls before stopping the agent.")
+    pass_tool_call_errors_to_agent: bool = Field(
+        default=True,
+        description="Whether to pass tool call errors to agent. If False, failed tool calls will raise an exception.")
+    include_tool_input_schema_in_tool_description: bool = Field(
+        default=True, description="Specify inclusion of tool input schemas in the prompt.")
+    description: str = Field(default="ReAct Agent Workflow", description="The description of this functions use.")
+    system_prompt: str | None = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Provides the SYSTEM_PROMPT to use with the agent")  # defaults to SYSTEM_PROMPT in prompt.py
+    max_history: int = Field(default=15, description="Maximum number of messages to keep in the conversation history.")
+    use_openai_api: bool = Field(default=False,
+                                 description=("Use OpenAI API for the input/output types to the function. "
+                                              "If False, strings will be used."))
+    additional_instructions: str | None = Field(
+        default=None, description="Additional instructions to provide to the agent in addition to the base prompt.")
+
+
+@register_function(config_type=ReActAgentWorkflowConfig, framework_wrappers=[LLMFrameworkEnum.LANGCHAIN])
+async def react_agent_workflow(config: ReActAgentWorkflowConfig, builder: Builder):
+    from langchain.schema import BaseMessage
+    from langchain_core.messages import trim_messages
+    from langgraph.graph.graph import CompiledGraph
+
+    from nat.agent.base import AGENT_LOG_PREFIX
+    from nat.agent.react_agent.agent import ReActAgentGraph
+    from nat.agent.react_agent.agent import ReActGraphState
+    from nat.agent.react_agent.agent import create_react_agent_prompt
+
+    prompt = create_react_agent_prompt(config)
+
+    # we can choose an LLM for the ReAct agent in the config file
+    llm = await builder.get_llm(config.llm_name, wrapper_type=LLMFrameworkEnum.LANGCHAIN)
+    # the agent can run any installed tool, simply install the tool and add it to the config file
+    # the sample tool provided can easily be copied or changed
+    tools = builder.get_tools(tool_names=config.tool_names, wrapper_type=LLMFrameworkEnum.LANGCHAIN)
+    if not tools:
+        raise ValueError(f"No tools specified for ReAct Agent '{config.llm_name}'")
+    # configure callbacks, for sending intermediate steps
+    # construct the ReAct Agent Graph from the configured llm, prompt, and tools
+    graph: CompiledGraph = await ReActAgentGraph(
+        llm=llm,
+        prompt=prompt,
+        tools=tools,
+        use_tool_schema=config.include_tool_input_schema_in_tool_description,
+        detailed_logs=config.verbose,
+        retry_agent_response_parsing_errors=config.retry_agent_response_parsing_errors,
+        parse_agent_response_max_retries=config.parse_agent_response_max_retries,
+        tool_call_max_retries=config.tool_call_max_retries,
+        pass_tool_call_errors_to_agent=config.pass_tool_call_errors_to_agent).build_graph()
+
+    async def _response_fn(input_message: ChatRequest) -> ChatResponse:
+        try:
+            # initialize the starting state with the user query
+            messages: list[BaseMessage] = trim_messages(messages=[m.model_dump() for m in input_message.messages],
+                                                        max_tokens=config.max_history,
+                                                        strategy="last",
+                                                        token_counter=len,
+                                                        start_on="human",
+                                                        include_system=True)
+
+            state = ReActGraphState(messages=messages)
+
+            # run the ReAct Agent Graph
+            state = await graph.ainvoke(state, config={'recursion_limit': (config.max_tool_calls + 1) * 2})
+            # setting recursion_limit: 4 allows 1 tool call
+            #   - allows the ReAct Agent to perform 1 cycle / call 1 single tool,
+            #   - but stops the agent when it tries to call a tool a second time
+
+            # get and return the output from the state
+            state = ReActGraphState(**state)
+            output_message = state.messages[-1]  # pylint: disable=E1136
+            return ChatResponse.from_string(str(output_message.content))
+
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.exception("%s ReAct Agent failed with exception: %s", AGENT_LOG_PREFIX, ex, exc_info=ex)
+            # here, we can implement custom error messages
+            if config.verbose:
+                return ChatResponse.from_string(str(ex))
+            return ChatResponse.from_string("I seem to be having a problem.")
+
+    if (config.use_openai_api):
+        yield FunctionInfo.from_fn(_response_fn, description=config.description)
+    else:
+
+        async def _str_api_fn(input_message: str) -> str:
+            oai_input = GlobalTypeConverter.get().try_convert(input_message, to_type=ChatRequest)
+
+            oai_output = await _response_fn(oai_input)
+
+            return GlobalTypeConverter.get().try_convert(oai_output, to_type=str)
+
+        yield FunctionInfo.from_fn(_str_api_fn, description=config.description)