rasa-pro 3.14.0.dev20250922__py3-none-any.whl → 3.14.0rc1__py3-none-any.whl

rasa/cli/data.py

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ from rasa import telemetry
 from rasa.cli import SubParsersAction
 from rasa.cli.arguments import data as arguments
 from rasa.cli.arguments import default_arguments
+from rasa.cli.validation.bot_config import validate_files
+from rasa.cli.validation.config_path_validation import get_validated_path
 from rasa.e2e_test.e2e_config import create_llm_e2e_test_converter_config
 from rasa.e2e_test.e2e_test_converter import E2ETestConverter
 from rasa.e2e_test.utils.e2e_yaml_utils import E2ETestYAMLWriter
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ def _add_data_validate_parsers(
     )
     _append_story_structure_arguments(validate_parser)
     validate_parser.set_defaults(
-        func=lambda args: rasa.cli.utils.validate_files(
+        func=lambda args: validate_files(
             args.fail_on_warnings, args.max_history, _build_training_data_importer(args)
         )
     )
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ def _add_data_validate_parsers(
     _append_story_structure_arguments(story_structure_parser)
 
     story_structure_parser.set_defaults(
-        func=lambda args: rasa.cli.utils.validate_files(
+        func=lambda args: validate_files(
             args.fail_on_warnings,
             args.max_history,
             _build_training_data_importer(args),
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ def _add_data_validate_parsers(
         help="Checks for inconsistencies in the flows files.",
     )
     flows_structure_parser.set_defaults(
-        func=lambda args: rasa.cli.utils.validate_files(
+        func=lambda args: validate_files(
             args.fail_on_warnings,
             args.max_history,
             _build_training_data_importer(args),
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ def _add_data_validate_parsers(
         help="Checks for inconsistencies of the flow and response translation.",
     )
     translations_structure_parser.set_defaults(
-        func=lambda args: rasa.cli.utils.validate_files(
+        func=lambda args: validate_files(
             args.fail_on_warnings,
             args.max_history,
             _build_training_data_importer(args),
@@ -196,12 +198,12 @@ def _add_data_validate_parsers(
 
 
 def _build_training_data_importer(args: argparse.Namespace) -> "TrainingDataImporter":
-    config = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(
+    config = get_validated_path(
         args.config, "config", DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH, none_is_valid=True
     )
 
     # Exit the validation if the domain path is invalid
-    domain = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(
+    domain = get_validated_path(
         args.domain, "domain", DEFAULT_DOMAIN_PATHS, none_is_valid=False
     )
 
@@ -231,7 +233,7 @@ def split_nlu_data(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     Args:
         args: Commandline arguments
     """
-    data_path = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(args.nlu, "nlu", DEFAULT_DATA_PATH)
+    data_path = get_validated_path(args.nlu, "nlu", DEFAULT_DATA_PATH)
     data_path = rasa.shared.data.get_nlu_directory(data_path)
 
     nlu_data = rasa.shared.nlu.training_data.loading.load_data(data_path)
@@ -258,7 +260,7 @@ def split_stories_data(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         YAMLStoryReader,
     )
 
-    data_path = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(args.nlu, "nlu", DEFAULT_DATA_PATH)
+    data_path = get_validated_path(args.nlu, "nlu", DEFAULT_DATA_PATH)
     data_files = rasa.shared.data.get_data_files(
         data_path, YAMLStoryReader.is_stories_file
     )

rasa/cli/dialogue_understanding_test.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import asyncio
 import datetime
 import importlib
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Type, cast
 
 import structlog
@@ -14,9 +15,11 @@ from rasa.cli.arguments.default_arguments import (
     add_endpoint_param,
     add_model_param,
     add_remote_storage_param,
+    add_sub_agents_param,
 )
 from rasa.core.agent import Agent
-from rasa.core.available_endpoints import AvailableEndpoints
+from rasa.core.config.available_endpoints import AvailableEndpoints
+from rasa.core.config.configuration import Configuration
 from rasa.core.exceptions import AgentNotReady
 from rasa.core.processor import MessageProcessor
 from rasa.dialogue_understanding.commands import Command
@@ -47,7 +50,6 @@ from rasa.dialogue_understanding_test.validation import (
 from rasa.e2e_test.e2e_test_case import TestSuite
 from rasa.exceptions import RasaException
 from rasa.shared.constants import (
-    DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS_PATH,
     LLM_CONFIG_KEY,
     ROUTE_TO_CALM_SLOT,
 )
@@ -174,6 +176,8 @@ def add_du_test_arguments(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
         ),
     )
 
+    add_sub_agents_param(du_arguments)
+
 
 def ensure_calm_only_bot(agent: Agent) -> None:
     if agent.domain is None or agent.processor is None:
@@ -218,6 +222,7 @@ def execute_dialogue_understanding_tests(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
             model_path=args.model,
             model_server=endpoints.model,
             remote_storage=args.remote_storage,
+            sub_agents_path=args.sub_agents,
         )
     except AgentNotReady as error:
         structlogger.error(
@@ -323,11 +328,9 @@ def get_valid_test_suite(
 
 
 def set_up_available_endpoints(args: argparse.Namespace) -> AvailableEndpoints:
-    """Set up the available endpoints for the test runner."""
-    args.endpoints = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(
-        args.endpoints, "endpoints", DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS_PATH, True
-    )
-    endpoints = AvailableEndpoints.get_instance(args.endpoints)
+    endpoints = Configuration.initialise_endpoints(
+        endpoints_path=Path(args.endpoints)
+    ).endpoints
 
     # Ignore all endpoints apart from action server, model, and nlu
     # to ensure InMemoryTrackerStore is being used instead of production

rasa/cli/e2e_test.py

@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ from rasa.cli.arguments.default_arguments import (
     add_endpoint_param,
     add_model_param,
     add_remote_storage_param,
+    add_sub_agents_param,
 )
-from rasa.core.available_endpoints import AvailableEndpoints
+from rasa.core.config.configuration import Configuration, EndpointsConfigPath
 from rasa.core.exceptions import AgentNotReady
 from rasa.e2e_test.aggregate_test_stats_calculator import (
     AggregateTestStatsCalculator,
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ from rasa.e2e_test.utils.io import (
 )
 from rasa.e2e_test.utils.validation import validate_model_path
 from rasa.exceptions import RasaException
-from rasa.shared.constants import DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS_PATH, DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH
+from rasa.shared.constants import DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH
 from rasa.utils.endpoints import EndpointConfig
 
 RASA_PRO_BETA_FINE_TUNING_RECIPE_ENV_VAR_NAME = "RASA_PRO_BETA_FINE_TUNING_RECIPE"
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@ def add_e2e_test_arguments(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
         help="Directory where to save coverage report to.",
     )
 
+    add_sub_agents_param(parser)
+
 
 def execute_e2e_tests(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     """Run the end-to-end tests.
@@ -154,10 +157,9 @@ def execute_e2e_tests(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     Args:
         args: Commandline arguments.
     """
-    args.endpoints = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(
-        args.endpoints, "endpoints", DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS_PATH, True
-    )
-    endpoints = AvailableEndpoints.get_instance(args.endpoints)
+    endpoints = Configuration.initialise_endpoints(
+        endpoints_path=EndpointsConfigPath.validate(args.endpoints)
+    ).endpoints
 
     # Ignore all endpoints apart from action server, model, nlu and nlg
     # to ensure InMemoryTrackerStore is being used instead of production
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ def execute_e2e_tests(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
             model_server=endpoints.model,
             endpoints=endpoints,
             test_case_path=Path(test_case_path),
+            sub_agents_path=args.sub_agents,
         )
     except AgentNotReady as error:
         structlogger.error(

rasa/cli/evaluate.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import rasa.cli.arguments.evaluate as arguments
 import rasa.shared.utils.cli
 from rasa import telemetry
 from rasa.cli import SubParsersAction
-from rasa.core.available_endpoints import AvailableEndpoints
+from rasa.core.config.configuration import Configuration
 from rasa.core.evaluation.marker_base import Marker, OperatorMarker
 from rasa.core.evaluation.marker_tracker_loader import MarkerTrackerLoader
 from rasa.core.tracker_stores.tracker_store import TrackerStore
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ def _create_tracker_loader(
         A MarkerTrackerLoader object configured with the specified strategy against
         the configured tracker store.
     """
-    endpoints = AvailableEndpoints.get_instance(endpoint_config)
+    endpoints = Configuration.initialise_endpoints(
+        endpoints_path=Path(endpoint_config)
+    ).endpoints
     tracker_store = TrackerStore.create(endpoints.tracker_store, domain=domain)
     return MarkerTrackerLoader(tracker_store, strategy, count, seed)

rasa/cli/export.py

@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ from rasa import telemetry
 from rasa.cli import SubParsersAction
 from rasa.cli.arguments import export as arguments
 from rasa.core.brokers.pika import PikaEventBroker
+from rasa.core.config.configuration import Configuration
 from rasa.exceptions import PublishingError
 from rasa.shared.constants import DOCS_URL_EVENT_BROKERS, DOCS_URL_TRACKER_STORES
 from rasa.shared.exceptions import RasaException
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from rasa.core.available_endpoints import AvailableEndpoints
     from rasa.core.brokers.broker import EventBroker
+    from rasa.core.config.available_endpoints import AvailableEndpoints
     from rasa.core.exporter import Exporter
     from rasa.core.tracker_stores.tracker_store import TrackerStore
 
@@ -179,7 +180,9 @@ def export_trackers(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
 async def _export_trackers(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     _assert_max_timestamp_is_greater_than_min_timestamp(args)
 
-    endpoints = rasa.core.utils.read_endpoints_from_path(args.endpoints)
+    endpoints = Configuration.initialise_endpoints(
+        endpoints_path=args.endpoints
+    ).endpoints
     tracker_store = _get_tracker_store(endpoints)
     event_broker = await _get_event_broker(endpoints)
     _prepare_event_broker(event_broker)

rasa/cli/inspect.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
 import webbrowser
 from asyncio import AbstractEventLoop
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional, Text
 
 from sanic import Sanic
@@ -8,8 +9,9 @@ from sanic import Sanic
 from rasa import telemetry
 from rasa.cli import SubParsersAction
 from rasa.cli.arguments import shell as arguments
+from rasa.cli.arguments.default_arguments import add_sub_agents_param
 from rasa.core import constants
-from rasa.core.available_endpoints import AvailableEndpoints
+from rasa.core.config.configuration import Configuration
 from rasa.engine.storage.local_model_storage import LocalModelStorage
 from rasa.exceptions import ModelNotFound
 from rasa.model import get_local_model
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ def add_subparser(
         "--voice", help="Enable voice", action="store_true", default=False
     )
 
+    add_sub_agents_param(inspect_parser)
+
     # it'd be confusing to expose those arguments to the user,
     # so we remove them
     remove_argument_from_parser(inspect_parser, "--credentials")
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ async def open_inspector_in_browser(
 def inspect(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     """Inspect the bot using the most recent model."""
     import rasa.cli.run
-    from rasa.cli.utils import get_validated_path
+    from rasa.cli.validation.config_path_validation import get_validated_path
     from rasa.shared.constants import DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH
 
     async def after_start_hook_open_inspector(_: Sanic, __: AbstractEventLoop) -> None:
@@ -87,8 +91,8 @@ def inspect(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     # Load endpoints with proper endpoint file location
     # This will initialise the endpoints singleton properly so that
     # it can be used safely throughout the codebase with
-    # `AvailableEndpoints.get_instance()`
-    AvailableEndpoints.get_instance(args.endpoints)
+    # `Configuration.get_instance().endpoints`
+    Configuration.initialise_endpoints(endpoints_path=Path(args.endpoints))
 
     try:
         model = get_local_model(model)

rasa/cli/interactive.py

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import rasa.utils.common
 from rasa import model
 from rasa.cli import SubParsersAction
 from rasa.cli.arguments import interactive as arguments
+from rasa.cli.validation.config_path_validation import get_validated_path
+from rasa.core.constants import DEFAULT_SUB_AGENTS
 from rasa.engine.storage.local_model_storage import LocalModelStorage
 from rasa.shared.constants import (
     ASSISTANT_ID_DEFAULT_VALUE,
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ def _set_not_required_args(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     args.validation_max_history = None
     args.remote_storage = None
     args.keep_local_model_copy = False
+    args.sub_agents = DEFAULT_SUB_AGENTS  # Default value for sub-agents
 
 
 def perform_interactive_learning(
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ def perform_interactive_learning(
             "Can not run interactive learning on an NLU-only model."
         )
 
-    args.endpoints = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(
+    args.endpoints = get_validated_path(
         args.endpoints, "endpoints", DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS_PATH, True
     )
 
@@ -142,9 +145,7 @@ def perform_interactive_learning(
 
 def get_provided_model(arg_model: Text) -> Optional[Union[Text, Path]]:
     """Checks model path input and selects model from it."""
-    model_path = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(
-        arg_model, "model", DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH
-    )
+    model_path = get_validated_path(arg_model, "model", DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH)
 
     return (
         model.get_latest_model(model_path) if os.path.isdir(model_path) else model_path

rasa/cli/llm_fine_tuning.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
 import asyncio
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Type, cast
 
 import structlog
@@ -14,13 +15,15 @@ from rasa.cli.arguments.default_arguments import (
     add_endpoint_param,
     add_model_param,
     add_remote_storage_param,
+    add_sub_agents_param,
 )
 from rasa.cli.e2e_test import (
     RASA_PRO_BETA_FINE_TUNING_RECIPE_ENV_VAR_NAME,
     read_test_cases,
     validate_model_path,
 )
-from rasa.core.available_endpoints import AvailableEndpoints
+from rasa.core.config.available_endpoints import AvailableEndpoints
+from rasa.core.config.configuration import Configuration
 from rasa.core.exceptions import AgentNotReady
 from rasa.dialogue_understanding.generator.llm_based_command_generator import (
     LLMBasedCommandGenerator,
@@ -46,7 +49,6 @@ from rasa.llm_fine_tuning.train_test_split_module import (
     split_llm_fine_tuning_data,
 )
 from rasa.shared.constants import (
-    DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS_PATH,
     DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH,
     LLM_CONFIG_KEY,
 )
@@ -137,6 +139,8 @@ def add_data_preparation_arguments(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
         default=DEFAULT_INPUT_E2E_TEST_PATH,
     )
 
+    add_sub_agents_param(parser)
+
     add_remote_storage_param(parser)
 
     rephrasing_arguments = parser.add_argument_group("Rephrasing Module")
@@ -376,6 +380,7 @@ def write_params(
             "rephrase_config": rephrase_config,
             "model": args.model,
             "endpoints": args.endpoints,
+            "sub-agents": args.sub_agents,
             "remote-storage": args.remote_storage,
             "train_frac": args.train_frac,
             "output_format": args.output_format,
@@ -393,10 +398,9 @@ def write_statistics(statistics: Dict[str, Any], output_path: str) -> None:
 
 
 def get_valid_endpoints(endpoints_file: str) -> AvailableEndpoints:
-    validated_endpoints_file = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(
-        endpoints_file, "endpoints", DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS_PATH, True
-    )
-    endpoints = AvailableEndpoints.get_instance(validated_endpoints_file)
+    endpoints = Configuration.initialise_endpoints(
+        endpoints_path=Path(endpoints_file)
+    ).endpoints
 
     # Ignore all endpoints apart from action server, model, nlu and nlg
     # to ensure InMemoryTrackerStore is being used instead of production
@@ -420,6 +424,7 @@ def set_up_e2e_test_runner(args: argparse.Namespace) -> E2ETestRunner:
             model_path=args.model,
             model_server=endpoints.model,
             endpoints=endpoints,
+            sub_agents_path=args.sub_agents,
         )
     except AgentNotReady as error:
         structlogger.error(

rasa/cli/project_templates/tutorial/credentials.yml

@@ -31,3 +31,13 @@ rest:
 # for the Rasa Enterprise "channel", i.e. Talk to your bot and Share with guest testers.
 rasa:
   url: "http://localhost:5002/api"
+
+# The Browser Audio channel enables voice interactions with your assistant directly in the browser.
+# Used by the Rasa Voice Inspector, it provides speech-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities
+# through services like Deepgram.
+browser_audio:
+  server_url: localhost
+  asr:
+    name: deepgram
+  tts:
+    name: deepgram

rasa/cli/run.py

@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ from rasa.api import run as rasa_run
 from rasa.cli import SubParsersAction
 from rasa.cli.arguments import run as arguments
 from rasa.cli.arguments.default_arguments import SkipYamlValidation
-from rasa.cli.utils import get_validated_path
+from rasa.core.config.configuration import (
+    Configuration,
+)
 from rasa.exceptions import ModelNotFound
 from rasa.shared.constants import (
     DEFAULT_ACTIONS_PATH,
-    DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS_PATH,
-    DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS_PATH,
     DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH,
     DOCS_BASE_URL,
 )
@@ -86,11 +86,10 @@ def run(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     Args:
         args: The CLI arguments.
     """
-    args.endpoints = get_validated_path(
-        args.endpoints, "endpoints", DEFAULT_ENDPOINTS_PATH, True
-    )
-    args.credentials = get_validated_path(
-        args.credentials, "credentials", DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS_PATH, True
+    Configuration.initialise_endpoints(
+        args.endpoints,
+    ).initialise_credentials(
+        args.credentials,
     )
 
     if SkipYamlValidation.DOMAIN.value in args.skip_yaml_validation:
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ def run(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     # configured
 
     import rasa.model
-    from rasa.core.available_endpoints import AvailableEndpoints
+    from rasa.core.available_agents import AvailableAgents
 
     # start server if remote storage is configured
     if args.remote_storage is not None:
@@ -117,12 +116,15 @@ def run(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         return
 
     # start server if model server is configured
-    endpoints = AvailableEndpoints.get_instance(args.endpoints)
+    endpoints = Configuration.get_instance().endpoints
     model_server = endpoints.model if endpoints and endpoints.model else None
     if model_server is not None:
         rasa_run(**vars(args))
         return
 
+    # load sub-agents
+    AvailableAgents.get_instance(args.sub_agents)
+
     # start server if local model found
     args.model = _validate_model_path(args.model, "model", DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH)
     local_model_set = True

rasa/cli/scaffold.py

@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ def print_train_or_instructions(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     if should_train:
         print_success("Training an initial model...")
         training_result = train(
-            template_domain_path[args.template],
-            DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH,
-            DEFAULT_DATA_PATH,
-            DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH,
+            domain=template_domain_path[args.template],
+            config=DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH,
+            training_files=DEFAULT_DATA_PATH,
+            output=DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH,
         )
         args.model = training_result.model
 

rasa/cli/shell.py

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import argparse
 import logging
 import uuid
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 
 from rasa import telemetry
 from rasa.cli import SubParsersAction
 from rasa.cli.arguments import shell as arguments
-from rasa.core.available_endpoints import AvailableEndpoints
+from rasa.cli.arguments.default_arguments import add_sub_agents_param
+from rasa.core.config.configuration import Configuration
 from rasa.engine.storage.local_model_storage import LocalModelStorage
 from rasa.exceptions import ModelNotFound
 from rasa.model import get_local_model
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ def add_subparser(
         help="Set the conversation ID.",
     )
 
+    add_sub_agents_param(shell_parser)
+
     run_subparsers = shell_parser.add_subparsers()
 
     shell_nlu_subparser = run_subparsers.add_parser(
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ def add_subparser(
 def shell_nlu(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     """Talk with an NLU only bot though the command line."""
     import rasa.nlu.run
-    from rasa.cli.utils import get_validated_path
+    from rasa.cli.validation.config_path_validation import get_validated_path
     from rasa.shared.constants import DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH
 
     args.connector = "cmdline"
@@ -102,15 +106,15 @@ def shell_nlu(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
 
 def shell(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     """Talk with a bot though the command line."""
-    from rasa.cli.utils import get_validated_path
+    from rasa.cli.validation.config_path_validation import get_validated_path
     from rasa.shared.constants import DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH
 
     args.connector = "cmdline"
     # Load endpoints with proper endpoint file location
     # This will initialise the endpoints singleton properly so that
     # it can be used safely throughout the codebase with
-    # `AvailableEndpoints.get_instance()`
-    AvailableEndpoints.get_instance(args.endpoints)
+    # `Configuration.get_instance().endpoints`
+    Configuration.initialise_endpoints(endpoints_path=Path(args.endpoints))
     model = get_validated_path(args.model, "model", DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH)
 
     try:

rasa/cli/studio/studio.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import rasa.cli.studio.train
 import rasa.cli.studio.upload
 import rasa.shared.utils.cli
 from rasa.cli import SubParsersAction
-from rasa.cli.utils import get_validated_path
+from rasa.cli.validation.config_path_validation import get_validated_path
 from rasa.shared.constants import DEFAULT_DOMAIN_PATH, DEFAULT_DOMAIN_PATHS
 from rasa.studio.auth import StudioAuth
 from rasa.studio.config import StudioConfig

rasa/cli/test.py

@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ import rasa.shared.utils.io
 import rasa.utils.common
 from rasa.cli import SubParsersAction
 from rasa.cli.arguments import test as arguments
+from rasa.cli.validation.config_path_validation import get_validated_path
+from rasa.core.config.configuration import (
+    Configuration,
+    CredentialsConfigPath,
+    EndpointsConfigPath,
+    MessageProcessingConfigPath,
+)
 from rasa.core.constants import (
     FAILED_STORIES_FILE,
     STORIES_WITH_WARNINGS_FILE,
@@ -100,10 +107,16 @@ async def run_core_test_async(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         test_core_models_in_directory,
     )
 
-    stories = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(
-        args.stories, "stories", DEFAULT_DATA_PATH
+    Configuration.initialise_endpoints(
+        endpoints_path=EndpointsConfigPath.validate(),
+    ).initialise_credentials(
+        credentials_path=CredentialsConfigPath.validate()
+    ).initialise_message_processing(
+        message_processing_config_path=MessageProcessingConfigPath.validate()
     )
 
+    stories = get_validated_path(args.stories, "stories", DEFAULT_DATA_PATH)
+
     output = args.out or DEFAULT_RESULTS_PATH
     args.errors = not args.no_errors
     args.warnings = not args.no_warnings
@@ -121,9 +134,7 @@ async def run_core_test_async(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         return
 
     if isinstance(args.model, str):
-        model_path = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(
-            args.model, "model", DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH
-        )
+        model_path = get_validated_path(args.model, "model", DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH)
 
         if args.evaluate_model_directory:
             await test_core_models_in_directory(
@@ -182,9 +193,7 @@ async def run_nlu_test_async(
         test_nlu,
     )
 
-    data_path = str(
-        rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(data_path, "nlu", DEFAULT_DATA_PATH)
-    )
+    data_path = str(get_validated_path(data_path, "nlu", DEFAULT_DATA_PATH))
     test_data_importer = TrainingDataImporter.load_from_dict(
         training_data_paths=[data_path], domain_path=domain_path
     )
@@ -225,18 +234,29 @@ async def run_nlu_test_async(
         )
     elif cross_validation:
         logger.info("Test model using cross validation.")
-        # FIXME: supporting Union[Path, Text] down the chain
-        # is the proper fix and needs more work
-        config = str(
-            rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(config, "config", DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH)
+
+        Configuration.initialise_endpoints(
+            endpoints_path=EndpointsConfigPath.validate(),
+        ).initialise_credentials(
+            credentials_path=CredentialsConfigPath.validate()
+        ).initialise_message_processing(
+            message_processing_config_path=MessageProcessingConfigPath.validate(config),
         )
+
+        config = str(get_validated_path(config, "config", DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH))
         config_importer = TrainingDataImporter.load_from_dict(config_path=config)
 
         config_dict = config_importer.get_config()
         await perform_nlu_cross_validation(config_dict, nlu_data, output, all_args)
     else:
-        model_path = rasa.cli.utils.get_validated_path(
-            models_path, "model", DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH
+        model_path = get_validated_path(models_path, "model", DEFAULT_MODELS_PATH)
+
+        Configuration.initialise_endpoints(
+            endpoints_path=EndpointsConfigPath.validate(),
+        ).initialise_credentials(
+            credentials_path=CredentialsConfigPath.validate()
+        ).initialise_message_processing(
+            message_processing_config_path=MessageProcessingConfigPath.validate(config),
         )
 
         await test_nlu(model_path, data_path, output, all_args, domain_path=domain_path)