Function: createChatController()

function createChatController(options, settings?): Promise<{
  cwd: () => string;
  formatAction: (toolName, toolInput) => string;
  getState: () => ChatState;
  lastReply: () => string;
  notice: (text, tone) => void;
  toolPhrase: (toolName) => ToolPhrase | undefined;
  answer: void;
  api: T | undefined;
  choose: void;
  close: void;
  cycleMode: void;
  extensionCatalog: Promise<CatalogEntry[]>;
  extensionImage: Promise<string | undefined>;
  extensionOptions: Promise<ExtensionOptionState[]>;
  installExtension: Promise<{
     confirm?: {
        description?: string;
        marketplace: string;
     };
     missing?: string[];
     name?: string;
     remote?: string[];
  }>;
  interrupt: void;
  listRuns: Promise<object[]>;
  newConversation: Promise<void>;
  onEvent: () => void;
  removeExtension: Promise<void>;
  reopen: Promise<void>;
  resume: Promise<void>;
  send: Promise<void | "exit">;
  setExtension: Promise<void>;
  setExtensionOptions: Promise<void>;
  setLanguage: Promise<void>;
  setMode: void;
  signInExtension: Promise<SignIn>;
  signOutExtension: Promise<boolean>;
  start: Promise<void>;
  subscribe: () => void;
  togglePlan: void;
  trustWorkspace: Promise<void>;
  updateExtension: Promise<string[]>;
}>;

Defined in: chat/chatController.ts:169

Opens the chat's session (the first run with a session opener, --continue picking the latest) and loads the history; start() then draws the run's conversation and sends the initial prompt, send() each line the person types.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
options	Options | SessionOpener
settings	ChatSettings

Returns

Promise<{ cwd: () => string; formatAction: (toolName, toolInput) => string; getState: () => ChatState; lastReply: () => string; notice: (text, tone) => void; toolPhrase: (toolName) => ToolPhrase | undefined; answer: void; api: T | undefined; choose: void; close: void; cycleMode: void; extensionCatalog: Promise<CatalogEntry[]>; extensionImage: Promise<string | undefined>; extensionOptions: Promise<ExtensionOptionState[]>; installExtension: Promise<{ confirm?: { description?: string; marketplace: string; }; missing?: string[]; name?: string; remote?: string[]; }>; interrupt: void; listRuns: Promise<object[]>; newConversation: Promise<void>; onEvent: () => void; removeExtension: Promise<void>; reopen: Promise<void>; resume: Promise<void>; send: Promise<void | "exit">; setExtension: Promise<void>; setExtensionOptions: Promise<void>; setLanguage: Promise<void>; setMode: void; signInExtension: Promise<SignIn>; signOutExtension: Promise<boolean>; start: Promise<void>; subscribe: () => void; togglePlan: void; trustWorkspace: Promise<void>; updateExtension: Promise<string[]>; }>