Hey Champs
As Assistants API is still in beta, and it is not unusual to feel confused when working with it, I suggest we share stuff we tested and that worked so that we all can learn from each other.
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Referring to Files
Use-case: I have several files attached to my Assistant (lists of different things). I was trying to get a list from a specific file mentioning it by the name, but the Assistant was getting confused - either not finding the right file or finding the wrong one.
Solution: in your system prompt describe the files attached and provide their ID’s. Example:
“firms”. Possible values for this parameter are in the file with ID Ruq8NslyxMCsLBCtdvW…
You are referencing them in the file_ids and get a error in the created message?
But there are even more related forum entries to this topic.
If I don’t indicate file id’s in the system prompt, in most cases AI just cannot find the file (says I cannot find relevant file) or opens a wrong one.
So you add them to the file_ids and additionally you add them to the prompt with something like: Possible values for this parameter are in the file with ID Ruq8NslyxMCsLBCtdvW… ?
What tools have you enabled? Only retrieve?
For this case I;m testing in the playground, so the files are just uploaded and attached to the assistant (you can see them in the right area under the system prompt) and I described them in the system prompt as above with their id’s.
Only Code Interpreter.
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