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Firebase Genkit <> Cohere AI Plugin
Cohere AI Community Plugin for Google Firebase Genkit
genkitx-cohere is a community plugin for using Cohere AI APIs with
Firebase Genkit. Built by Bloom Labs Inc. ๐ฅ
Installation
Install the plugin in your project with your favorite package manager:
npm install genkitx-cohereyarn add genkitx-coherepnpm add genkitx-cohere
Usage
Initialize
import 'dotenv/config';
import { genkit } from 'genkit';
import cohere, { command } from 'genkitx-cohere';
const ai = genkit({
plugins: [cohere({ apiKey: process.env.COHERE_API_KEY })],
model: command,
});
Basic examples
The simplest way to generate text is by using the generate method:
// ...initialize genkit (as shown above)...
const response = await ai.generate({
prompt: 'Tell me a joke.',
});
console.log(response.text);
Text Embeddings
You can generate embeddings using the embed method:
import { embedEnglish3 } from 'genkitx-cohere';
const embedding = await ai.embed({
embedder: embedEnglish3,
content: 'Hello world',
});
console.log(embedding);
Within a flow
import { z } from 'genkit';
export const jokeFlow = ai.defineFlow(
{
name: 'jokeFlow',
inputSchema: z.string(),
outputSchema: z.string(),
},
async (subject) => {
const llmResponse = await ai.generate({
prompt: `tell me a joke about ${subject}`,
});
return llmResponse.text;
}
);
Tool use
import { z } from 'genkit';
const createReminder = ai.defineTool(
{
name: 'createReminder',
description: 'Use this to create reminders for things in the future',
inputSchema: z.object({
time: z
.string()
.describe('ISO timestamp string, e.g. 2024-04-03T12:23:00Z'),
reminder: z.string().describe('the content of the reminder'),
}),
outputSchema: z.number().describe('the ID of the created reminder'),
},
(reminder) => Promise.resolve(3)
);
const result = ai.generate({
model: llama3x70b,
tools: [createReminder],
prompt: `
You are a reminder assistant.
If you create a reminder, describe in text the reminder you created as a response.
Query: I have a meeting with Anna at 3 for dinner - can you set a reminder for the time?
`,
});
console.log(result.then((res) => res.text()));
Contributing
Want to contribute to the project? That's awesome! Head over to our Contribution Guidelines.
Need support?
Note
This repository depends on Google's Firebase Genkit. For issues and questions related to Genkit, please refer to instructions available in Genkit's repository.
Reach out by opening a discussion on Github Discussions.
Credits
This plugin is proudly maintained by the team at Bloom Labs Inc. ๐ฅ
License
This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.