It is a bit unclear to me how the file_search is adequatly triggered.
(assistant, thread, message, run?)
Setup
let’s say I want to create an Assistant with file_search tool to search content in a file.
Step 1. creating a Vector Store (alternatively the vector store can be added in a later step via the Modify Assistant call).
Step 2. creating the assistant:
{
"name": "<name>",
"instructions": "<instructions>",
"tools": [
{
"type": "file_search"
}
],
"tool_resources": {"file_search": {"vector_store_ids": ["<VectorStoreID>"]}},
"model": "<model>",
"metadata": {},
"top_p": 1.0,
"temperature": 1.0,
"response_format": "auto"
}
Now the assistant has the vector store assigned, and file search enabled.
Step 3. upload the relevant file
Step 4. attach file to the relevant vector store
So now want to ask a question about the file(s) in the assistants’ vector store, without adding any new context via message or thread (so now files to be added there and no vector stores to be create there as well);
It becomes a bit unclear what is the plain vanilla approach from there;
When I create a simple thread, message and run for the assistant, without pointing to the tools, the response message is that there is no file, or I get a message that the assistant is experiencing a technical is*sue. *
(vector store status is completed, and the file is in the vectorStore and the vectorStore is connected to the assistant with file_search enabled, when i do all checkups)
Now when I for example look at the playground it becomes a bit fuzzy.
On the one hand the GUI in the Playgound (see image below) appears to imply that the assisants’ file_search tools need to be activated for the Run or Create message call.
On the other hand the Create Run documentation states that adding “tools” to a run helps to override an assistants default settings:
see Tools in a run
So in a plain vanilla situation (one file in an assisants’ vector store) how do you get the assistant to respond to a message, taking into account the information in its vectorstore?
