Chat with AI in RStudio

Chat with AI in RStudio


chattr is a bundle that permits interplay with Massive Language Fashions (LLMs),
equivalent to GitHub Copilot Chat, and OpenAI’s GPT 3.5 and 4. The principle automobile is a
Shiny app that runs contained in the RStudio IDE. Right here is an instance of what it appears
like working contained in the Viewer pane:


Screenshot of the chattr Shiny app, which displays an example of a single interaction with the OpenAI GPT model. I asked for an example of a simple example of a ggplot2, and it returned an example using geom_point()

Determine 1: chattr’s Shiny app

Despite the fact that this text highlights chattr’s integration with the RStudio IDE,
it’s price mentioning that it really works exterior RStudio, for instance the terminal.

Getting began

To get began, set up the bundle from CRAN, after which name the Shiny app
utilizing the chattr_app() operate:

Modify immediate enhancements

Past the app

Along with the Shiny app, chattr presents a few different methods to work together
with the LLM:

  • Use the chattr() operate
  • Spotlight a query in your script, and use it as your immediate

right here.

RStudio Add-ins

chattr comes with two RStudio add-ins:


Screenshot of the chattr addins in RStudio

Determine 4: chattr add-ins

You possibly can bind these add-in calls to keyboard shortcuts, making it simple to open the app with out having to write down
the command each time. To learn to try this, see the Keyboard Shortcut part within the
chattr official web site.

Works with native LLMs

Open-source, educated fashions, which are in a position to run in your laptop computer are broadly
accessible in the present day. As a substitute of integrating with every mannequin individually, chattr
works with LlamaGPTJ-chat. It is a light-weight software that communicates
with a wide range of native fashions. Right now, LlamaGPTJ-chat integrates with the
following households of fashions:

  • GPT-J (ggml and gpt4all fashions)
  • LLaMA (ggml Vicuna fashions from Meta)
  • Mosaic Pretrained Transformers (MPT)

LlamaGPTJ-chat works proper off the terminal. chattr integrates with the
software by beginning an ‘hidden’ terminal session. There it initializes the
chosen mannequin, and makes it accessible to begin chatting with it.

To get began, you’ll want to set up LlamaGPTJ-chat, and obtain a appropriate
mannequin. Extra detailed directions are discovered
right here.

chattr appears for the situation of the LlamaGPTJ-chat, and the put in mannequin
in a selected folder location in your machine. In case your set up paths do
not match the areas anticipated by chattr, then the LlamaGPT is not going to present
up within the menu. However that’s OK, you may nonetheless entry it with chattr_use():

right here.

Suggestions welcome

After attempting it out, be at liberty to submit your ideas or points within the
chattr’s GitHub repository.

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