Send LLM Messages to Ellmer Chat Object

This function converts an LLMMessage to the turns ellmer chat object. The ellmer object is cloned and its turn history is cleared internatlly. This maintains tidyllms stateless style.

Usage

chat_ellmer(
  .llm,
  .ellmer_chat,
  .stream = FALSE,
  .timeout = 60,
  .verbose = FALSE,
  .dry_run = FALSE,
  .tools = NULL,
  .max_tries = 3
)

Arguments

.llm

An LLMMessage object containing the conversation history.

.ellmer_chat

An ellmer chat object (e.g., from ellmer::chat_anthropic()).

.stream

Logical; if TRUE, streams the response piece by piece (default: FALSE).

.timeout

Request timeout in seconds (default: 60).

.verbose

If TRUE, displays additional information about the chat (default: FALSE).

.dry_run

If TRUE, returns the constructed request object without executing it (default: FALSE).

.tools

Dummy for error message if called from chat with tools (default: NULL).

.max_tries

Maximum retries to perform the request (default: 3).

Value

A new LLMMessage object containing the original messages plus the assistant's response.