feat(core): add thought_description for simplified progress display - #2163
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…cess display Adds an optional `thought_description` field to `FunctionBaseConfig` that lets agent developers label a function with a friendly, non-technical description. When set, the step adaptor surfaces it as `thought_text` on FUNCTION_START/ FUNCTION_END intermediate steps instead of the default "Running function: <name>" text, so front ends can render a simplified progress indicator alongside (or instead of) the full intermediate steps view. This is the first of a few smaller PRs toward NVIDIA#1755. Deliberately scoped to avoid LLM output parsing and framework-specific wiring: automatic thought extraction for ReAct-style agents and tool-call thought labels (which require per-framework callback handler changes) are left for follow-up PRs. Signed-off-by: GraceJiang <gracejiang010312@gmail.com>
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to This localized change adds optional friendlier progress labels without evidence of production impact or merge-blocking risk; it is merge-ready after normal checks and review. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant FunctionBaseConfig
participant Function
participant Context
participant IntermediateStep
participant step_adaptor
participant ResponseIntermediateStep
FunctionBaseConfig->>Function: configure thought_description
Function->>Context: add thought_description metadata
Context->>IntermediateStep: emit FUNCTION_START
IntermediateStep->>step_adaptor: adapt intermediate step
step_adaptor->>ResponseIntermediateStep: set running or completed thought_text
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In `@packages/nvidia_nat_core/tests/nat/builder/test_function.py`:
- Around line 96-136: Add a test alongside the existing thought-description
tests that configures a function with thought_description, consumes
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FUNCTION_START step metadata contains the configured description. Keep the
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Adds a docstring to the _make_step helper in test_step_adaptor.py that was missed in the previous docstring pass, and adds a streaming-path counterpart to test_thought_description_included_in_function_start_metadata to cover Function.astream() in addition to ainvoke(). Signed-off-by: GraceJiang <gracejiang010312@gmail.com>
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154-157: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAssert the configured metadata on
FUNCTION_ENDtoo.The test consumes the complete stream but checks only
FUNCTION_START. The PR objective requiresthought_descriptionpropagation for bothFUNCTION_STARTandFUNCTION_END. Add a completion-step assertion to cover that contract.Proposed assertions
assert start_steps, "Expected at least one FUNCTION_START step to have been emitted" assert start_steps[-1].metadata == {"thought_description": "Searching the web"} + + end_steps = [s for s in captured_steps if s.event_type == IntermediateStepType.FUNCTION_END] + assert end_steps, "Expected at least one FUNCTION_END step to have been emitted" + assert end_steps[-1].metadata == {"thought_description": "Searching the web"}🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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| Same as `test_thought_description_included_in_function_start_metadata`, but for the `astream` path: | ||
| a function configured with `thought_description` should attach it as metadata on the FUNCTION_START | ||
| step it emits when invoked via streaming rather than `ainvoke`. | ||
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Fix the docstring summary line.
Line [139] ends with : instead of .. Use a concise sentence that ends with a period.
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- Same as `test_thought_description_included_in_function_start_metadata`, but for the `astream` path:
+ Verify `thought_description` metadata on the `astream` path.As per coding guidelines: “The first line of docstrings must be a concise description ending with a period (Vale checks this).”
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| """ | |
| Same as `test_thought_description_included_in_function_start_metadata`, but for the `astream` path: | |
| a function configured with `thought_description` should attach it as metadata on the FUNCTION_START | |
| step it emits when invoked via streaming rather than `ainvoke`. | |
| """ | |
| """ | |
| Verify `thought_description` metadata on the `astream` path. | |
| a function configured with `thought_description` should attach it as metadata on the FUNCTION_START | |
| step it emits when invoked via streaming rather than `ainvoke`. | |
| """ |
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In `@packages/nvidia_nat_core/tests/nat/builder/test_function.py` around lines 138
- 142, Update the docstring for the astream test near
test_thought_description_included_in_function_start_metadata so its first
summary line is concise and ends with a period instead of a colon.
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| type: str = "markdown" | ||
| name: str | ||
| payload: str | ||
| thought_text: str | None = None |
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Why is this called thought_text and not consistent with thought_description ?
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thought_description is the raw value configured on FunctionBaseConfig, essentially the "input". thought_text on ResponseIntermediateStep is the rendered string actually shown in the UI, it's derived from thought_description via StepAdaptor._get_thought_description(): falls back to a default like "Running function: " when thought_description isn't set, and always has a status suffix appended ("..." while running, "... completed" once finished). So it's never a direct copy of the config value, it seemed clearer to give it a distinct name (thought_text) rather than reusing thought_description for a value that's been transformed.
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Right, but this now increases cognitive load. It's still a description. And now folks have to manually tie description -> text.
Reduced orthogonality is a good thing.
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@GraceJiang0312 to be clear, I'm waiting for an update that addresses this. I do not believe we should have two different names where one is effectively the same as the other. Both are thought_descriptions. There is no reason to introduce another name.
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Good point on the naming consistency, @willkill07. I agree that having both Suggestion: Rename LGTM on the feature itself — the thought_description metadata propagation looks clean. |
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Description
Part of a smaller-PR breakdown of #1755 (see comment). This PR adds an optional
thought_descriptionconfig field onFunctionBaseConfig. When set, the step adaptor surfaces it asthought_textonFUNCTION_START/FUNCTION_ENDsteps instead of the default "Running function:<name>" text — giving a friendlier progress label without needing to parse LLM output.Deliberately out of scope for this PR (planned as follow-ups):
TOOL_START/TOOL_ENDevents are emitted by each framework's own callback handler, notnvidia_nat_core, so that needs per-framework wiring)Opened as draft — happy to adjust based on feedback before marking ready for review.
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