v0.2.8

Breaking changes

1. use_docker defaults to True.
2. last_n_messages defaults to "auto".

Highlights

1. Support both redis cache and diskcache for agent chat and client.
2. Web surfer agent
3. Allow initiate_chat with no message to take human input.
4. Add dev container for AutoGen Studio.

Thanks to @olgavrou @afourney @vijaykramesh @ekzhu @balakreshnan @bitnom @gagb and all the other contributors!

What's Changed

• set use_docker to default to True by @olgavrou in #1147
• Add dev container for AutoGen Studio by @gagb in #1241
• Allow initiate_chat without passing message by @bitnom in #1244
• [Core] implement redis cache mode by @vijaykramesh in #1222
• More documentation for Cache. Updated FAQ to include database Locked error by @balakreshnan in #1291
• Add a web surfer agent that can search and browse the web. by @afourney in #1093
• bump version to 0.2.8 by @sonichi in #1349
• fix website production css by @cheng-tan in #1366
• Add an AutoGen UI example powered by Panel by @randombet in #1348
• Change last_n_messages to default to 'auto' by @afourney in #1356

New Contributors

• @olgavrou made their first contribution in #1147
• @vijaykramesh made their first contribution in #1222
• @balakreshnan made their first contribution in #1291
• @randombet made their first contribution in #1348

Full Changelog: v0.2.7...v0.2.8

v0.2.7

Headsup: in the next release we will change the default setting of use_docker in code_execution_config to True. It needs to be set to False or None explicitly to disable docker.

Highlights

• Support Python 3.12.
• Support function call style API in function decorator.
• Support AzureOpenAI when using azure endpoints.
• Add usage summary for agents.
• Improvement in docker usage and documentation.
• Bug fix for tool call, async, group chat.
• Improvement in AutoGen studio.
• Filter llm configurations by tag.

Thanks to @ekzhu, @maxim-saplin, @kevin666aa, @r3d91ll, @Yanni8, @yenif, @davorrunje, @shhdgit, @ashutoshpw, @afourney and all the other contributors!

What's Changed

• Update studio README.md with badges by @gagb in #1225
• Add documentation and raise exception when registering async reply function in sync chat by @davorrunje in #1208
• Upgrade docusaurus by @olaoluwasalami in #1101
• fix: forward kwargs to conversable agent + fix typing by @joseferben in #1193
• [Core] Sanitize filename before using it as docker image tag. Fix #1069 by @ekzhu in #1127
• [Core] Compatibility with function call style API (Azure OpenAI and Gemini) by @ekzhu in #1227
• Refined the user_proxy description. by @afourney in #951
• update default aoai version by @sonichi in #1229
• Fix bug in async group chat with func/tool call by @sonichi in #1243
• fix: Fixed typo from 'mont' to 'mount' by @eaandersen in #1250
• Improve test for function call in groupchat by @sonichi in #1252
• run sync and async in async by @yenif in #1242
• Added the ability to add tags to the OAI_CONFIG_LIST, and filter by @afourney in #1226
• Docker Documentation by @r3d91ll in #1251
• Replaced asyncio.coroutines.iscoroutinefunction with inspect.iscoroutinefunction by @davorrunje in #1267
• remove name from tool response by @yenif in #1263
• [Core] Update documentation for function call compatibility by @ekzhu in #1237
• add workdir in test by @sonichi in #1274
• remove filter_dict by @sonichi in #1284
• Add usage summary for agents by @kevin666aa in #1269
• [AutoGen Studio] Fix the new workflow process by @shhdgit in #1181
• Switched to AzureOpenAI for api_type=="azure" by @maxim-saplin in #1232
• removed alpine image by @Yanni8 in #1279
• Update README.md by @olivMertens in #1306
• Chore: Updated Blog and removed cd frontend by @ashutoshpw in #1301
• def _prepare_chat for groupchat manager to reset the groupchat by @yenif in #1254
• Fix website accessibility by @cheng-tan in #1153
• Support for Python 3.12 by @ekzhu in #1317

New Contributors

• @joseferben made their first contribution in #1193
• @eaandersen made their first contribution in #1250
• @r3d91ll made their first contribution in #1251
• @shhdgit made their first contribution in #1181
• @Yanni8 made their first contribution in #1279
• @olivMertens made their first contribution in #1306
• @ashutoshpw made their first contribution in #1301
• @cheng-tan made their first contribution in #1153

Full Changelog: v0.2.6...v0.2.7

v0.2.6

This release fixes bugs in tool calls. It also adds support for streaming tool calls.

Thanks to @yenif, @davorrunje and other contributors!

What's Changed

• cleaner definition of tool_responses fixes #1174 by @yenif in #1182
• Documentation: polish docs for tools calls by @davorrunje in #1185
• check tool_returns by @sonichi in #1187
• Change contrib-tests.yml tests to use --skip-openai by @maxim-saplin in #1132
• remove inappropriate api_type by @sonichi in #1190
• Bump follow-redirects from 1.15.2 to 1.15.4 in /website by @dependabot in #1189
• Added support for streaming tool calls by @davorrunje in #1184
• More async tool fixes by @yenif in #1204
• Fix registration of async functions by @davorrunje in #1201

Full Changelog: v0.2.5...v0.2.6

v0.2.5

This PR makes contrib/capability importable and adds support for streamed function calls. The documentation about installation is improved.

Thanks to @btcioner @bitnom @qingyun-wu @yuandong-tian and all the other contributors!

What's Changed

• guide on the usage of docker by @qingyun-wu in #1111
• nbqa adedd to pre-commit, added black and ruff for notebooks by @davorrunje in #1171
• Handle streamed function calls by @bitnom in #1118
• add init.py for capabilities by @btcioner in #1177
• bump version to 0.2.5 by @sonichi in #1180

New Contributors

• @bitnom made their first contribution in #1118
• @btcioner made their first contribution in #1177

Full Changelog: v0.2.4...v0.2.5

v0.2.4

Highlights

• Breaking change: Remove GPT-4 as the default model to avoid unexpected use of GPT-4. Require explicit setting the model when using LLM.
• Generalized teachability and extensibility: Allow any conversable agent to be teachable via a new and generic extensibility mechanism. Example: Teach OpenAI Assistants Through GPTAssistantAgent
• New feature in AutoBuild: support building agents from an agent library and generating agent descriptions for group chat. Example.
• Initial support of OpenAI tool calls in conversable agents.

Thanks to @rickyloynd-microsoft @LinxinS97 @yenif @davorrunje @afourney @ekzhu and all the other contributors!

What's Changed

• [Core] check if docker is installed if user_docker is specified. by @ekzhu in #1145
• Let run tests directly via python test_xyz.py, fix for conftest import via sys.path.append by @maxim-saplin in #1144
• Remove GPT-4 as the default model. by @afourney in #1072
• [AutoBuild] Supporting build agents from library; supporting generating agent descriptions by @LinxinS97 in #1039
• [Core] [Tool Call] adjust conversable agent to support tool_calls by @yenif in #974
• bump version to 0.2.4 by @sonichi in #1160
• Add codespell to pre-commit hooks and fix spelling of existing files by @davorrunje in #1161
• contributor wall & news update by @sonichi in #1165
• Teachability for any agent by @rickyloynd-microsoft in #1091

New Contributors

• @yenif made their first contribution in #974

Full Changelog: v0.2.3...v0.2.4

v0.2.3

Highlights

• Decorator for function calling makes function calls easier to define. Doc
• Address breaking changes introduced by new versions of openai.
• Introducing AgentOptimizer: An Agentic Way to Train Your LLM Agent
• Improvement in group chat, multimodal, GPTAssistant, retrieval chat, AutoBuild, testbed, config list loading utils. Blogpost about agent descriptions.
• Guidance + AutoGen example: constrained generation + multi-step reasoning
• The sample app AutoGen Assistant is renamed into AutoGen Studio with upgrades.
• Sample notebook for using AutoGen in Microsoft Fabric.
• Sample app of simple chat.
• Improvement in docs and tests.

Thanks to @davorrunje @skzhang1 @JieyuZ2 @afourney @BeibinLi @IANTHEREAL @LinxinS97 @cool-RR @LeoLjl @kevin666aa @gagb @victordibia @dragosMC91 @thinkall @danyrouh @olaoluwasalami @yuandong-tian @ShobhitVishnoi30 @ekzhu @maxim-saplin @rlam3 @bitsnaps and all the other contributors!

What's Changed

• Simple chat app by @danyrouh in #921
• Add privacy and cookies link to documentation website by @victordibia in #966
• Add collate file and more tests from autogpt into testbed by @LeoLjl in #915
• Allow users to specify the Docker image to use with Testbed by @afourney in #986
• fixed a typo fron -> from by @kar2905 in #992
• Website, update privacy link by @victordibia in #994
• [AutoBuild] address issue 941 954; add new feature; add debug information by @LinxinS97 in #944
• fix link that returns 404 by @olaoluwasalami in #945
• Updated get_max_token_limit with latest models and numbers by @afourney in #972
• Add missing assistant UI documentation steps by @dragosMC91 in #935
• correcting typo by @halr9000 in #931
• Update client.py by @eltociear in #934
• Enable allow_repeat_speaker to be a list of agents by @afourney in #905
• Add MATH tests to testbed by @kevin666aa in #914
• Fix exception cause in agent_builder.py by @cool-RR in #1007
• Update privacy link docusaurus.config.js by @victordibia in #1016
• Add async test by @gagb in #520
• Add examples constrained generation + multi-step reasoning via Guidance + AutoGen by @gagb in #937
• add links to sdk #910 by @olaoluwasalami in #958
• Change default model in LMM by @BeibinLi in #1032
• Fix/typo by @KazooTTT in #1034
• Update README to incorporate using existing docker image by @yuandong-tian in #1040
• Autobuild notebook minor fix by @AdiG1123 in #1049
• Update AutoGen Sample App | Rename AutoGen Assistant -> AutoGen Studio by @victordibia in #998
• Partial fix for 960 by @afourney in #963
• Add decorator for function calling by @davorrunje in #1018
• Add default value to the logprobs parameter by @davorrunje in #1044
• Fix exception causes all over the codebase #1007 by @cool-RR in #1014
• Add additional docs in retrieval agent if required by @ShobhitVishnoi30 in #1028
• Add poetry setup by @rlam3 in #824
• Fix mode dump with different pydantic version by @kevin666aa in #1063
• AgentOptimizer by @skzhang1 in #1053
• Filter out candidates with the same name but different instructions, … by @IANTHEREAL in #925
• [Core] Fix openai dependency error introduced when merging #1044 by @ekzhu in #1071
• fix: Fix typo by @hugo-syn in #1068
• [Docs/Contributing] Clarification on running non-OpenAI tests by @maxim-saplin in #1052
• Reuse docker image #929 by @olaoluwasalami in #956
• Agent description blog post by @afourney in #1092
• [Core] Extending inline docs for openai_utils.py, boosting coverage in test_utils.py, fixing #762 by @maxim-saplin in #1046
• [Dotnet] Add dotnet build workflow by @LittleLittleCloud in #946
• add example to website by @olaoluwasalami in #860
• dev alias for frontend develop for AutoGen Studio by @brotsky in #1083
• Update Ecosystem.md by @bitsnaps in #1104
• Fix function call use case in website #1107 by @ekzhu in #1108
• openai base url default to None; read files when env vars exist; remove deprecated models by @sonichi in #1110
• Skip tests that depend on OpenAI via --skip-openai by @maxim-saplin in #1097
• move dotnet pipeline to the root of workflow by @LittleLittleCloud in #1116
• [Core] Improve config_list_from_json by @BeibinLi in #1026
• Minor fix groupchat by @kevin666aa in #904
• [AutoGen Studio] Allow multiline strings in chat input by @dragosMC91 in #1105
• Update tutorial.ipynb by @eltociear in #1119
• Fix minor typo in blog post by @PyroGenesis in #1122
• [Core] Throw an error when the OAI_CONFIG_LIST is missing. by @afourney in #1082
• Chore: upgrade base image to the latest Debian (Bullseye -> Bookworm) by @davorrunje in #1133
• fix typo agent_chat.md by @lordlinus in #1131
• update global.json in dotnet-run-openai-test-and-notebook.yml by @LittleLittleCloud in #1135
• [Core] Fix update_usage_summary when response doesn't have usage attribute by @kevin666aa in #1008
• Add a sample notebook for using AutoGen in Microsoft Fabric by @thinkall in #940
• bump version to 0.2.3 by @sonichi in #1140

New Contributors

• @danyrouh made their first contribution in #921
• @kar2905 made their first contribution in #992
• @dragosMC91 made their first contribution in #935
• @halr9000 made their first contribution in #931
• @cool-RR made their first contribution in #1007
• @KazooTTT made their first contribution in #1034
• @yuandong-tian made their first contribution in #1040
• @AdiG1123 made their first contribution in #1049
• @davorrunje made their first contribution in #1018
• @rlam3 made their first contribution in #824
• @ekzhu made their first contribution in #1071
• @hugo-syn made their first contribution in #1068
• @brotsky made their first contribution in #1083
• @bitsnaps made their first contribution in #1104
• @lordlinus made their first contribution in #1131

Full Changelog: v0.2.2...v0.2.3

v0.2.2

This release fixes a crucial breaking change introduced by for openai>=1.1.0 in dealing with function call. Please upgrade to this release if you are using 0.2.0 or 0.2.1.

Highlights

• New example notebook demoing video transcript translate with whisper.
• A preliminary gallery page on the website.
• Improvement to group chat: allow receiving message from agents that are not participants; allow a separate description field distinct from system message - expected to greatly improve the speaker selection quality; allow async group chat; disallow function/tool use for group chat manager.
• Improvement to agent builder: change default model and config loading process.
• Improvement to cost calculation when working with old cache.
• Issue template.

Special thanks to @kevin666aa for the fast fix of the breaking change. Thanks to @chengxuan233 @skzhang1 @afourney @tyler-suard-parker @kittyandrew @LinxinS97 @thinkall and all the other contributors!

What's Changed

• Update cache if cost not calculated by @kevin666aa in #903
• Add test for async group chat by @tyler-suard-parker in #902
• Adding a notebook demostrating video transcript translate with whisper in AutoGen by @chengxuan233 in #881
• Website Gallery page building by @skzhang1 in #850
• Allow GroupChat to receive messages from outside. by @afourney in #912
• Add issue forms by @thinkall in #918
• Add a comment to explain the role of UNSTRUCTURED_FORMATS by @thinkall in #909
• Change default model and config loading process in AgentBuilder by @LinxinS97 in #917
• Added an agent description field distinct from the system_message. by @afourney in #736
• Fix monitoring and observability gallery docs link by @DMCS20 in #926
• Make groupchat & generation async, actually by @kittyandrew in #543
• Enhanced Independent Coverage Reporting by @IANTHEREAL in #886
• Raise error when function as llm_config passed to GroupChatManager by @kevin666aa in #911
• bump version to 0.2.2 by @sonichi in #906
• Convert ChatCompletionMessage to Dict after completion by @kevin666aa in #791

New Contributors

• @tyler-suard-parker made their first contribution in #902
• @chengxuan233 made their first contribution in #881
• @DMCS20 made their first contribution in #926
• @kittyandrew made their first contribution in #543

Full Changelog: v0.2.1...v0.2.2

v0.2.1

This release is the first update since v0.2.0.

Headsup: the sample app AutoGen Assistant will be renamed as AutoGen Studio in future.

Highlights

• An initial version of AutoBuild for automatically building multi-agent systems.
• v0.1 features that are added back to the new client-based inference: teachable agent, cost calculation and summary, raise content filter error.
• Function Inception: Enable AutoGen agents to update/remove functions during conversations. - View Notebook
• Improvement to group chat: termination,
• Improvement to teachable agent: progress bar for learning.
• Improvement to retrieve chat: more informative warning.
• Improvement to gpt assistant agent: verbose flag for allowing more output to be printed.
• Improvement to testbed: utilize OPENAI_API_KEY; adding GAIA benchmark.
• Improvement to multimodal: generalize the data structure to incorporate gpt-4v message format.
• Improvement to the sample app (will be renamed as AutoGen Studio in future).
• Allow async human input.
• Temporary fix to the breaking change introduced by openai 1.3: limit openai dependency to <1.3.
• Improvement in test, documentation and website: Examples are moved to a standalone tab and a new tab Ecosystem is added.

Thanks to @LinxinS97 @JieyuZ2 @rickyloynd-microsoft @kevin666aa @elecnix @afourney @thinkall @IANTHEREAL @BeibinLi @ShobhitVishnoi30 @olaoluwasalami @hodgesmr @skzhang1 @cpacker @victordibia @joshkyh @PyroGenesis @axa99 @momuno and all the other contributors!

What's Changed

• Restore TeachableAgent tests by @rickyloynd-microsoft in #761
• Add links to newly added notebooks in the website #756 by @olaoluwasalami in #772
• how to register a rely function Issue-478 by @olaoluwasalami in #579
• Remove version condition to fix issue #775 by @thinkall in #777
• Update application figure by @qingyun-wu in #352
• add cost calculation to client by @kevin666aa in #769
• Progress bar for learn_from_user_feedback by @rickyloynd-microsoft in #776
• Quick fix for 765 by @afourney in #809
• Improve docstring of query_texts and search_string by @thinkall in #795
• GroupChat handle is_termination_msg by @afourney in #804
• Fix Langchain link in examples doc by @hodgesmr in #811
• Add a warning message if docs_path not explicitly set by @thinkall in #814
• Testbed folders by @afourney in #792
• Add ecosystem page for website by @skzhang1 in #803
• update about pyautogen 0.2 by @sonichi in #826
• Update Ecosystem.md (MemGPT + AutoGen integration) by @cpacker in #838
• Improvements to AutoGen Assistant by @victordibia in #828
• Enable defining new functions after agent creation by @elecnix in #285
• Add a Blog Post on the AutoGen Assistant by @victordibia in #834
• update the news for v0.2 release by @sonichi in #844
• fix citations by @qingyun-wu in #843
• improve ecosystem page by @qingyun-wu in #823
• Message "content" now supports both str and List in Agents by @BeibinLi in #713
• Register async human input handler by @ShobhitVishnoi30 in #794
• Add cost summary to client.py by @kevin666aa in #812
• Add examples by @qingyun-wu in #851
• Testing AutoBuild by @LinxinS97 in #846
• Fix blog title display error by @LinxinS97 in #855
• Minor grammar and wording issues by @qingyun-wu in #854
• AutoBuild blog refinement by @LinxinS97 in #856
• add a verbose flag to let gpt assistant print more log by @IANTHEREAL in #717
• Testbed can now read the OPENAI_API_KEY in addition to OAI_CONFIG_LIST by @afourney in #848
• fix 0.2 release tag link by @PyroGenesis in #872
• Clarifies the phrasing in notebook agent_hierarchy_flow_using_select_speaker by @joshkyh in #876
• Add details to AutoBuild's blog and fix test error. This PR is related to #846 by @LinxinS97 in #865
• corrected openai utils example by @axa99 in #869
• bump version to 0.2.1 by @sonichi in #867
• Adds the GAIA benchark to the Testbed. This PR depends on #792 by @afourney in #810
• Update position of registered custom generate_reply functions for contrib/ agents per PR #794 by @momuno in #871
• raise error for content_filter by @sonichi in #849

New Contributors

• @hodgesmr made their first contribution in #811
• @cpacker made their first contribution in #838
• @elecnix made their first contribution in #285
• @ShobhitVishnoi30 made their first contribution in #794
• @LinxinS97 made their first contribution in #846
• @PyroGenesis made their first contribution in #872
• @axa99 made their first contribution in #869
• @momuno made their first contribution in #871

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.2.1

v0.2.0

This is a major release since v0.1.1, containing 13 minor releases (from v0.1.1 to v0.1.14) and 6 pre-releases (v0.2.0b1 to v0.2.0b6).

Highlights since v0.1.1

Breaking changes

• Switching to openai v1. Please read the migration guide.

New Features and Enhancements:

• GPT Assistants Support: Integration of GPTAssistantAgent leveraging OpenAI Assistant API for conversational capabilities and state management. https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/11/13/OAI-assistants
• Group Chat Enhancements: Richer speaker selector options and robustness improvements.
• Enhanced retrieve chat, such as rich text format and customized vector db or embedding function in RAG. https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/10/18/RetrieveChat
• AgentEval Framework: Introduction of AgentEval for assessing task utility in LLM-powered applications. https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/11/20/AgentEval
• CompressibleAgent for Long Conversations: Handling long conversations with an experimental CompressibleAgent. https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/blob/main/notebook/agentchat_compression.ipynb
• Streaming Support: Added experimental streaming capabilities.
• Async Execution and Human Input Handling: Enhanced async function execution and better handling of human input.
• Large Multimodal Models (GPT-4V) Support: Enhanced AgentChat capabilities with Large Multimodal Models integration. https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/11/06/LMM-Agent
• TeachableAgent: Introduction of TeachableAgent for persistent user teachings across chat boundaries. https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/10/26/TeachableAgent
• Enhanced Documentation and Developer Tools: Comprehensive updates to README, FAQs, and developer tools.
• AutoGen Assistant: Deployment of a sample web application for practical demonstration. https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/tree/main/samples/apps/autogen-assistant
• Demonstration of Agents using Langchain Tools: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/blob/main/notebook/agentchat_langchain.ipynb.

Fixes and Improvements:

• Bug Fixes: Resolved issues in caching, filter checking, and other minor bugs.
• Documentation Enhancements: Multiple improvements in documentation, including migration guides and useful tips.
• Model Compatibility and Stability: Enhancements in model compatibility and overall stability of the package.
• Code Execution: more robust code detection/match/extraction, bug fixes for windows and sample code improvements, shell language switch in Docker
• Improved Codebase Reliability: Updates and bug fixes for better codebase reliability.

Thanks to the 80 contributors along this 2-month journey!

What's Changed

• Extact_code can detect single-line code now by @BeibinLi in #2
• fix invalid link by @qingyun-wu in #20
• Improve RetrieveChat by @thinkall in #6
• Remove duplicated sentence by @danizord in #35
• Fix bug for windows and improve sample code by @sonichi in #38
• Fix typo in README.md by @eltociear in #37
• Improves clarity and fixes punctuation in README and Multi-agent documentation by @juanmacuevas in #40
• make retry_time configurable, add doc by @sonichi in #53
• Update no_update_context, fix upsert docs by @thinkall in #52
• Update README.md by @AlyrenN in #54
• retrieve_utils.py - Updated.py to have the ability to parse text from PDF Files by @AaronWard in #50
• Bump version to 0.1.5 by @thinkall in #60
• typing & docstr update by @sonichi in #59
• Updated readme.md : seprated AutoGen and EcoOptGen also removed bibtex by @priyansh4320 in #43
• expand faq by @sonichi in #66
• minor fix by @LittleLittleCloud in #31
• Fixed MD Issue (#71) by @hiftielabs in #72
• fix append_oai_message by @kevin666aa in #47
• enable openai workflow on fork branch by @LittleLittleCloud in #82
• bump version to 0.1.6 by @sonichi in #85
• spelling error by @shauryr in #84
• Format issue by @alhridoy in #69
• Replace the use of assert in non-test code by @cipherself in #80
• Bump postcss from 8.4.18 to 8.4.31 in /website by @dependabot in #93
• show github stars by @sonichi in #92
• Docs: fixed typos and grammar by @masterujjval in #94
• openai_utils.py - functionality for instantiating config_list with a .env file by @AaronWard in #68
• document about docker by @sonichi in #119
• docs: typo fixed by @lgersman in #129
• Fix broken link in README.md by @htcrefactor in #134
• fix doc typo by @HyperCodec in #123
• typo fixed by @SDcodehub in #127
• bump version to 0.1.7 by @sonichi in #141
• Title: Adjust shell language switch in execute_code for Docker usage by @mrauter1 in #139
• move citation before contributing by @manish7017 in #154
• add twitter account to website by @olaoluwasalami in #150
• Update num tokens from text by @thinkall in #149
• add twitter account to start page by @olaoluwasalami in #159
• Update termination logic to fix #117 by @thinkall in #155
• Added twitter link to the contributing section by @vidhula17 in #162
• fix: replace gpt-35-turbo in model name to gpt-3.5-turbo so the name … by @AllenJShi in #138
• Output a warning if the OAI_CONFIG_LIST file is not found. by @afourney in #174
• Warn if GroupChat is underpopulatd. by @afourney in #170
• Warn if use_docker evaluates to True but the python docker package is not available. by @afourney in #172
• bump version to 0.1.9 by @sonichi in #177
• Warn if oai.Completion is provided with an empty config_list by @afourney in #178
• Bump version to 0.1.10 by @thinkall in #181
• Add support to customized vectordb and embedding functions by @thinkall in #161
• Fix typo in agentchat_MathChat.ipynb by @eltociear in #191
• Make getting started a little easier by @wayliums in #180
• Fix edge cases extracting code when the message's content is None by @msaelices in #205
• Add md for faqs by @gagb in #194
• Fix typo in README.md by @creator0131 in #193
• Icons not centered in the "autogen_agentchat.png" by @Steellgold in #169
• Addresses issue #199 by @afourney in #200
• Improving logging in oai.completion to show token_count by @kevin666aa in #179
• Update Getting-Started.md by @javidjamae in #213
• Added comment about config_list in the README example #216 by @smty2018 in #218
• fix: be compatible with customizing model without all fields in the response by @jtsang4 in #222
• Update Installation.md-with detailed explanation on add a period or newline #219 by @05hiteshbansal in #231
• Spelling fixes. by @shruti222patel in #220
• Typo by @qingyun-wu in #234
• bump version to 0.1.11 by @sonichi in #242
• docstr updated for use_docker in execute_code by @Gourav2609 in #233
• document retrieve chat by @olaoluwasalami in #258
• Add a figure to autogen notebook #215 by @smty2018 in #246
• Langchain tool bridge (#262) by @sonichi in #263
• Add support to custom text spliter by @thinkall in #270
• Update FAQ.md, elaborate on how to customise docker image and pick 'python:3' to solve typical errors by @maxim-saplin in https://github.com/micro...

v0.2.0b6

Highlights

• Support files in GPTAssistants. Notebook: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/blob/main/notebook/agentchat_oai_assistant_retrieval.ipynb
• Richer choice of speaker selector and robustness improvement in GroupChat.
• Support custom text formats and recursive in RAG.
• Fix bugs in caching and filter checking.
• Robustness improvement in code block extraction.
• Sample web application: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/tree/main/samples/apps/autogen-assistant.
• Adding first version of AgentEval -- a framework for assessing task utility for LLM-powered applications. Blogpost: https://microsoft.github.io/autogen/blog/2023/11/20/AgentEval.

Thanks to @IANTHEREAL @thinkall @afourney @gagb @victordibia @julianakiseleva @Narabzad @DearVa and all the other contributors!

What's Changed

• Fix typos in my affiliation by @gagb in #667
• Update index.mdx with version number by @gagb in #670
• Issue-560 by @olaoluwasalami in #578
• Sets the umask before executing the task in Docker. by @afourney in #593
• Allows users to specify a different requirements.txt file to install … by @afourney in #671
• Addresses issue 635, relating to newlines in Windows. by @afourney in #678
• Added an 'auto' mode to last_n_messages by @afourney in #693
• fix assistant creating without file by @IANTHEREAL in #689
• Fix typos in website blog by @Hao-tian-Zheng in #696
• Add RAG gptassistant example notebook by @gagb in #694
• Fix some type annotations and edge cases by @s-cerevisiae in #572
• Makes select_speaker more robust by checking for mentions anywhere. by @afourney in #669
• update side bar by @skzhang1 in #702
• Update speaker selector in GroupChat and update some notebooks by @thinkall in #688
• Update FAQ.md with api_base vs base_url question by @gagb in #672
• Re-added completion logging when using older versions of Autogen. by @afourney in #701
• add relevant dependency to the oai test workflow by @qingyun-wu in #712
• bump version to 0.2.0b6 by @sonichi in #710
• fix typos in function helper text by @shresthasurav in #503
• Sample Web Application Built with AutoGen by @victordibia in #695
• Fixes cache issue from 703 and 679 by @afourney in #707
• Support custom text formats and recursive by @thinkall in #496
• Adding first version of AgentEval -- a framework for assessing task utility for LLM-powered applications by @julianakiseleva in #681
• improve CODE_BLOCK_PATTERN for a more robust code match by @DearVa in #571

New Contributors

• @Hao-tian-Zheng made their first contribution in #696
• @s-cerevisiae made their first contribution in #572
• @skzhang1 made their first contribution in #702
• @shresthasurav made their first contribution in #503
• @julianakiseleva made their first contribution in #681
• @DearVa made their first contribution in #571

Full Changelog: 0.2.0b5...v0.2.0b6