feat: Support R1 reasoning text in model create result; enhance API docs

python/packages/autogen-core/src/autogen_core/models/_model_client.py

@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ class ModelFamily:
     O1 = "o1"
     GPT_4 = "gpt-4"
     GPT_35 = "gpt-35"
+    R1 = "r1"
     UNKNOWN = "unknown"
 
-    ANY: TypeAlias = Literal["gpt-4o", "o1", "gpt-4", "gpt-35", "unknown"]
+    ANY: TypeAlias = Literal["gpt-4o", "o1", "gpt-4", "gpt-35", "r1", "unknown"]
 
     def __new__(cls, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> ModelFamily:
         raise TypeError(f"{cls.__name__} is a namespace class and cannot be instantiated.")

python/packages/autogen-core/src/autogen_core/models/_types.py

@@ -8,11 +8,25 @@
 
 
 class SystemMessage(BaseModel):
+    """System message contains instructions for the model coming from the developer.
+
+    .. note::
+
+        Open AI is moving away from using 'system' role in favor of 'developer' role.
+        See `Model Spec <https://cdn.openai.com/spec/model-spec-2024-05-08.html#definitions>`_ for more details.
+        However, the 'system' role is still allowed in their API and will be automatically converted to 'developer' role
+        on the server side.
+        So, you can use `SystemMessage` for developer messages.
+
+    """
+
     content: str
     type: Literal["SystemMessage"] = "SystemMessage"
 
 
 class UserMessage(BaseModel):
+    """User message contains input from end users, or a catch-all for data provided to the model."""
+
     content: Union[str, List[Union[str, Image]]]
 
     # Name of the agent that sent this message
@@ -22,6 +36,8 @@ class UserMessage(BaseModel):
 
 
 class AssistantMessage(BaseModel):
+    """Assistant message are sampled from the language model."""
+
     content: Union[str, List[FunctionCall]]
 
     # Name of the agent that sent this message
@@ -31,11 +47,15 @@ class AssistantMessage(BaseModel):
 
 
 class FunctionExecutionResult(BaseModel):
+    """Function execution result contains the output of a function call."""
+
     content: str
     call_id: str
 
 
 class FunctionExecutionResultMessage(BaseModel):
+    """Function execution result message contains the output of multiple function calls."""
+
     content: List[FunctionExecutionResult]
 
     type: Literal["FunctionExecutionResultMessage"] = "FunctionExecutionResultMessage"
@@ -69,8 +89,23 @@ class ChatCompletionTokenLogprob(BaseModel):
 
 
 class CreateResult(BaseModel):
+    """Create result contains the output of a model completion."""
+
     finish_reason: FinishReasons
+    """The reason the model finished generating the completion."""
+
     content: Union[str, List[FunctionCall]]
+    """The output of the model completion."""
+
     usage: RequestUsage
+    """The usage of tokens in the prompt and completion."""
+
     cached: bool
+    """Whether the completion was generated from a cached response."""
+
     logprobs: Optional[List[ChatCompletionTokenLogprob] | None] = None
+    """The logprobs of the tokens in the completion."""
+
+    thought: Optional[str] = None
+    """The reasoning text for the completion if available. Used for reasoning models
+    and additional text content besides function calls."""

python/packages/autogen-ext/pyproject.toml

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ dev = [
     "autogen_test_utils",
     "langchain-experimental",
     "pandas-stubs>=2.2.3.241126",
+    "httpx>=0.28.1",
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff]

python/packages/autogen-ext/src/autogen_ext/models/_utils/parse_r1_content.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import warnings
+from typing import Tuple
+
+
+def parse_r1_content(content: str) -> Tuple[str | None, str]:
+    """Parse the content of an R1-style message that contains a `<think>...</think>` field."""
+    # Find the start and end of the think field
+    think_start = content.find("<think>")
+    think_end = content.find("</think>")
+
+    # Extract the think field
+    if think_start == -1 or think_end == -1:
+        warnings.warn("Could not find <think>..</think> field in model response content.", UserWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        return None, content
+
+    thought = content[think_start + len("<think>") : think_end].strip()
+
+    # Extract the rest of the content, skipping the think field.
+    content = content[think_end + len("</think>") :].strip()
+
+    return thought, content

python/packages/autogen-ext/src/autogen_ext/models/azure/_azure_ai_client.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     FinishReasons,
     FunctionExecutionResultMessage,
     LLMMessage,
+    ModelFamily,
     ModelInfo,
     RequestUsage,
     SystemMessage,
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@
     AzureAIChatCompletionClientConfig,
 )
 
+from .._utils.parse_r1_content import parse_r1_content
+
 create_kwargs = set(getfullargspec(ChatCompletionsClient.complete).kwonlyargs)
 AzureMessage = Union[AzureSystemMessage, AzureUserMessage, AzureAssistantMessage, AzureToolMessage]
 
@@ -354,11 +357,17 @@ async def create(
                 finish_reason = choice.finish_reason  # type: ignore
             content = choice.message.content or ""
 
+        if isinstance(content, str) and self._model_info["family"] == ModelFamily.R1:
+            thought, content = parse_r1_content(content)
+        else:
+            thought = None
+
         response = CreateResult(
             finish_reason=finish_reason,  # type: ignore
             content=content,
             usage=usage,
             cached=False,
+            thought=thought,
         )
 
         self.add_usage(usage)
@@ -464,11 +473,17 @@ async def create_stream(
             prompt_tokens=prompt_tokens,
         )
 
+        if isinstance(content, str) and self._model_info["family"] == ModelFamily.R1:
+            thought, content = parse_r1_content(content)
+        else:
+            thought = None
+
         result = CreateResult(
             finish_reason=finish_reason,
             content=content,
             usage=usage,
             cached=False,
+            thought=thought,
         )
 
         self.add_usage(usage)

python/packages/autogen-ext/src/autogen_ext/models/openai/_openai_client.py

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from typing_extensions import Self, Unpack
 
+from .._utils.parse_r1_content import parse_r1_content
 from . import _model_info
 from .config import (
     AzureOpenAIClientConfiguration,
@@ -595,12 +596,19 @@ async def create(
                 )
                 for x in choice.logprobs.content
             ]
+
+        if isinstance(content, str) and self._model_info["family"] == ModelFamily.R1:
+            thought, content = parse_r1_content(content)
+        else:
+            thought = None
+
         response = CreateResult(
             finish_reason=normalize_stop_reason(finish_reason),
             content=content,
             usage=usage,
             cached=False,
             logprobs=logprobs,
+            thought=thought,
         )
 
         self._total_usage = _add_usage(self._total_usage, usage)
@@ -808,12 +816,18 @@ async def create_stream(
             completion_tokens=completion_tokens,
         )
 
+        if isinstance(content, str) and self._model_info["family"] == ModelFamily.R1:
+            thought, content = parse_r1_content(content)
+        else:
+            thought = None
+
         result = CreateResult(
             finish_reason=normalize_stop_reason(stop_reason),
             content=content,
             usage=usage,
             cached=False,
             logprobs=logprobs,
+            thought=thought,
         )
 
         self._total_usage = _add_usage(self._total_usage, usage)
@@ -982,20 +996,23 @@ class OpenAIChatCompletionClient(BaseOpenAIChatCompletionClient, Component[OpenA
         print(result)
 
 
-    To use the client with a non-OpenAI model, you need to provide the base URL of the model and the model capabilities:
+    To use the client with a non-OpenAI model, you need to provide the base URL of the model and the model info.
+    For example, to use Ollama, you can use the following code snippet:
 
     .. code-block:: python
 
         from autogen_ext.models.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient
+        from autogen_core.models import ModelFamily
 
         custom_model_client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(
-            model="custom-model-name",
-            base_url="https://custom-model.com/reset/of/the/path",
+            model="deepseek-r1:1.5b",
+            base_url="http://localhost:11434/v1",
             api_key="placeholder",
-            model_capabilities={
-                "vision": True,
-                "function_calling": True,
-                "json_output": True,
+            model_info={
+                "vision": False,
+                "function_calling": False,
+                "json_output": False,
+                "family": ModelFamily.R1,
             },
         )
 

python/packages/autogen-ext/src/autogen_ext/models/semantic_kernel/_sk_chat_completion_adapter.py

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 from autogen_ext.tools.semantic_kernel import KernelFunctionFromTool
 
+from .._utils.parse_r1_content import parse_r1_content
+
 
 class SKChatCompletionAdapter(ChatCompletionClient):
     """
@@ -402,11 +404,17 @@ async def create(
             content = result[0].content
             finish_reason = "stop"
 
+        if isinstance(content, str) and self._model_info["family"] == ModelFamily.R1:
+            thought, content = parse_r1_content(content)
+        else:
+            thought = None
+
         return CreateResult(
             content=content,
             finish_reason=finish_reason,
             usage=RequestUsage(prompt_tokens=prompt_tokens, completion_tokens=completion_tokens),
             cached=False,
+            thought=thought,
         )
 
     async def create_stream(
@@ -485,11 +493,18 @@ async def create_stream(
         if accumulated_content:
             self._total_prompt_tokens += prompt_tokens
             self._total_completion_tokens += completion_tokens
+
+            if isinstance(accumulated_content, str) and self._model_info["family"] == ModelFamily.R1:
+                thought, accumulated_content = parse_r1_content(accumulated_content)
+            else:
+                thought = None
+
             yield CreateResult(
                 content=accumulated_content,
                 finish_reason="stop",
                 usage=RequestUsage(prompt_tokens=prompt_tokens, completion_tokens=completion_tokens),
                 cached=False,
+                thought=thought,
             )
 
     def actual_usage(self) -> RequestUsage:

python/packages/autogen-ext/tests/models/test_azure_ai_model_client.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from autogen_core import CancellationToken, FunctionCall, Image
-from autogen_core.models import CreateResult, UserMessage
+from autogen_core.models import CreateResult, ModelFamily, UserMessage
 from autogen_ext.models.azure import AzureAIChatCompletionClient
 from azure.ai.inference.aio import (
     ChatCompletionsClient,
@@ -295,3 +295,82 @@ async def _mock_create_noop(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> ChatCompletions:
         ]
     )
     assert result.content == "Handled image"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_r1_content(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """
+    Ensures that the content is parsed correctly when it contains an R1-style think field.
+    """
+
+    async def _mock_create_r1_content_stream(
+        *args: Any, **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[StreamingChatCompletionsUpdate, None]:
+        mock_chunks_content = ["<think>Thought</think> Hello", " Another Hello", " Yet Another Hello"]
+
+        mock_chunks = [
+            StreamingChatChoiceUpdate(
+                index=0,
+                finish_reason="stop",
+                delta=StreamingChatResponseMessageUpdate(role="assistant", content=chunk_content),
+            )
+            for chunk_content in mock_chunks_content
+        ]
+
+        for mock_chunk in mock_chunks:
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+            yield StreamingChatCompletionsUpdate(
+                id="id",
+                choices=[mock_chunk],
+                created=datetime.now(),
+                model="model",
+                usage=CompletionsUsage(prompt_tokens=0, completion_tokens=0, total_tokens=0),
+            )
+
+    async def _mock_create_r1_content(
+        *args: Any, **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> ChatCompletions | AsyncGenerator[StreamingChatCompletionsUpdate, None]:
+        stream = kwargs.get("stream", False)
+
+        if not stream:
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+            return ChatCompletions(
+                id="id",
+                created=datetime.now(),
+                model="model",
+                choices=[
+                    ChatChoice(
+                        index=0,
+                        finish_reason="stop",
+                        message=ChatResponseMessage(content="<think>Thought</think> Hello", role="assistant"),
+                    )
+                ],
+                usage=CompletionsUsage(prompt_tokens=0, completion_tokens=0, total_tokens=0),
+            )
+        else:
+            return _mock_create_r1_content_stream(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ChatCompletionsClient, "complete", _mock_create_r1_content)
+
+    client = AzureAIChatCompletionClient(
+        endpoint="endpoint",
+        credential=AzureKeyCredential("api_key"),
+        model_info={
+            "json_output": False,
+            "function_calling": False,
+            "vision": True,
+            "family": ModelFamily.R1,
+        },
+        model="model",
+    )
+
+    result = await client.create(messages=[UserMessage(content="Hello", source="user")])
+    assert result.content == "Hello"
+    assert result.thought == "Thought"
+
+    chunks: List[str | CreateResult] = []
+    async for chunk in client.create_stream(messages=[UserMessage(content="Hello", source="user")]):
+        chunks.append(chunk)
+    assert isinstance(chunks[-1], CreateResult)
+    assert chunks[-1].content == "Hello Another Hello Yet Another Hello"
+    assert chunks[-1].thought == "Thought"