Introduce a customizable and flexible system role

README.md

@@ -180,10 +180,14 @@ kwargs = {}
 
 ## system prompt to use for the vision model
 custom_system_prompt = None
-
 # to override
 # custom_system_prompt = "For the below pdf page, do something..something..." ## example
 
+## system role to use for the vision model
+custom_role = None
+# to override
+# custom_role = "user" ## example
+
 ###################### Example for OpenAI ######################
 model = "gpt-4o-mini" ## openai model
 os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "" ## your-api-key
@@ -236,7 +240,8 @@ async def main():
 
     output_dir = "./output_test" ## directory to save the consolidated markdown file
     result = await zerox(file_path=file_path, model=model, output_dir=output_dir,
-                        custom_system_prompt=custom_system_prompt,select_pages=select_pages, **kwargs)
+                        custom_system_prompt=custom_system_prompt, select_pages=select_pages,
+                        custom_role=custom_role, **kwargs)
     return result
 
 
@@ -259,6 +264,7 @@ async def zerox(
     output_dir: Optional[str] = None,
     temp_dir: Optional[str] = None,
     custom_system_prompt: Optional[str] = None,
+    custom_role: Optional[str] = None,
     select_pages: Optional[Union[int, Iterable[int]]] = None,
     **kwargs
 ) -> ZeroxOutput:
@@ -283,7 +289,9 @@ Parameters
 - **temp_dir** (str, optional):
   The directory to store temporary files, defaults to some named folder in system's temp directory. If already exists, the contents will be deleted before zerox uses it.
 - **custom_system_prompt** (str, optional):
-  The system prompt to use for the model, this overrides the default system prompt of zerox.Generally it is not required unless you want some specific behaviour. When set, it will raise a friendly warning. Defaults to None.
+  The system prompt to use for the model, this overrides the default system prompt of zerox. Generally it is not required unless you want some specific behaviour. When set, it will raise a friendly warning. Defaults to None.
+- **custom_role** (str, optional):
+  The role assigned to the model can be customized, overriding the default system role. Typically, this isn't necessary unless you need to specify a particular role for a given LLM. If you choose to set it, a friendly warning will be displayed. By default, this option is set to None.
 - **select_pages** (Optional[Union[int, Iterable[int]]], optional):
   Pages to process, can be a single page number or an iterable of page numbers, Defaults to None
 - **kwargs** (dict, optional):

py_zerox/pyzerox/constants/messages.py

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ class Messages:
     Custom system prompt was provided which overrides the default system prompt. We assume that you know what you are doing.  
     """
 
+    CUSTOM_SYSTEM_ROLE_WARNING = """
+    Custom system role was provided which overrides the default system role. We assume that you know what you are doing.\
+    """
+
     MAINTAIN_FORMAT_SELECTED_PAGES_WARNING = """
     The maintain_format flag is set to True in conjunction with select_pages input given. This may result in unexpected behavior.
     """

py_zerox/pyzerox/constants/prompts.py

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ class Prompts:
     Convert the following PDF page to markdown.
     Return only the markdown with no explanation text.
     Do not exclude any content from the page.
-    """
+    """

py_zerox/pyzerox/constants/roles.py

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class Roles:
+    """Class for storing roles for the Zerox system."""
+
+    DEFAULT_SYSTEM_ROLE = "system"

py_zerox/pyzerox/core/types.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class ZeroxArgs:
     output_dir: Optional[str] = None
     temp_dir: Optional[str] = None
     custom_system_prompt: Optional[str] = None
+    custom_role: Optional[str] = None
     select_pages: Optional[Union[int, Iterable[int]]] = None
     kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
 

py_zerox/pyzerox/core/zerox.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ async def zerox(
     output_dir: Optional[str] = None,
     temp_dir: Optional[str] = None,
     custom_system_prompt: Optional[str] = None,
+    custom_role: Optional[str] = None,
     select_pages: Optional[Union[int, Iterable[int]]] = None,
     **kwargs
 ) -> ZeroxOutput:
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ async def zerox(
     :type temp_dir: str, optional
     :param custom_system_prompt: The system prompt to use for the model, this overrides the default system prompt of zerox. Generally it is not required unless you want some specific behaviour. When set, it will raise a friendly warning, defaults to None
     :type custom_system_prompt: str, optional
+    :param custom_role: The role assigned to the model can be customized, overriding the default system role. Typically, this isn't necessary unless you need to specify a particular role for a given LLM. If you choose to set it, a friendly warning will be displayed. By default, this option is set to None.
+    :type custom_role: str, optional
     :param select_pages: Pages to process, can be a single page number or an iterable of page numbers, defaults to None
     :type select_pages: int or Iterable[int], optional
 
@@ -82,6 +85,10 @@ async def zerox(
     if custom_system_prompt:
         vision_model.system_prompt = custom_system_prompt
 
+    # override the system role if a custom role is provided
+    if custom_role:
+        vision_model.system_role = custom_role
+
     # Check if both maintain_format and select_pages are provided
     if maintain_format and select_pages is not None:
         warnings.warn(Messages.MAINTAIN_FORMAT_SELECTED_PAGES_WARNING)
@@ -199,4 +206,4 @@ async def zerox(
             input_tokens=input_token_count,
             output_tokens=output_token_count,
             pages=formatted_pages,
-        )
+        )

py_zerox/pyzerox/models/modellitellm.py

@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@
 from ..errors import ModelAccessError, NotAVisionModel, MissingEnvironmentVariables
 from ..constants.messages import Messages
 from ..constants.prompts import Prompts
+from ..constants.roles import Roles
 from ..processor.image import encode_image_to_base64
 
 DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT = Prompts.DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT
+DEFAULT_SYSTEM_ROLE = Roles.DEFAULT_SYSTEM_ROLE
 
 
 class litellmmodel(BaseModel):
     ## setting the default system prompt
     _system_prompt = DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT
+    _system_role = DEFAULT_SYSTEM_ROLE
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -41,6 +44,11 @@ def __init__(
     def system_prompt(self) -> str:
         '''Returns the system prompt for the model.'''
         return self._system_prompt
+
+    @property
+    def system_role(self) -> str:
+        '''Returns the system role for the model.'''
+        return self._system_role
 
     @system_prompt.setter
     def system_prompt(self, prompt: str) -> None:
@@ -49,6 +57,15 @@ def system_prompt(self, prompt: str) -> None:
         '''
         self._system_prompt = prompt
 
+    @system_role.setter
+    def system_role(self, role: str) -> None:
+        '''
+        Sets/overrides the system role for the model.
+        Will raise a friendly warning to notify the user.
+        '''
+        warnings.warn(f"{Messages.CUSTOM_SYSTEM_ROLE_WARNING}. Default role for zerox is: {DEFAULT_SYSTEM_ROLE}")
+        self._system_role = role
+
     ## custom method on top of BaseModel
     def validate_environment(self) -> None:
         """Validates the environment variables required for the model."""
@@ -123,7 +140,7 @@ async def _prepare_messages(
         # Default system message
         messages: List[Dict[str, Any]] = [
             {
-                "role": "system",
+                "role": self._system_role,
                 "content": self._system_prompt,
             },
         ]
@@ -133,7 +150,7 @@ async def _prepare_messages(
         if maintain_format and prior_page:
             messages.append(
                 {
-                    "role": "system",
+                    "role": self._system_role,
                     "content": f'Markdown must maintain consistent formatting with the following page: \n\n """{prior_page}"""',
                 },
             )