Update app.py

app.py

@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ st.markdown("""
     }
     </style>
     """, unsafe_allow_html=True)
-
+if "chat_started" not in st.session_state:
+    st.session_state["chat_started"] = False
 def copy_to_clipboard(text):
     """Creates a button to copy text to clipboard."""
     escaped_text = text.replace('\n', '\\n').replace('"', '\\"')
@@ -364,9 +365,10 @@ for message in st.session_state.chat_history:
         st.markdown(message["content"])
 
 # Chat input
- 
+if not st.session_state.get("chat_started", False):
 
-st.markdown("""
+
+    st.markdown("""
     <script>
     document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (event) => {
         const svgs = document.querySelectorAll('svg');
@@ -473,7 +475,7 @@ def clean_text_for_markdown(text):
 prompt = st.chat_input("")
 if prompt :
 
-   
+    st.session_state["chat_started"] = True
     # Add user message to chat history
     st.session_state.chat_history.append({"role": "user", "content": prompt})
     
@@ -493,10 +495,11 @@ if prompt :
                 "chat_history": st.session_state.chat_history
             })
             full_response = output["output"]
-            
+            st.write(full_response.replace("*", "").replace("_", "").replace("**", "").replace("__", ""))
+
             # Display the response
 
-            st.write(full_response)
+            #st.write(full_response)
             follow_up_output = agent_executor.invoke({
                 "input": f"Extract 1-2 follow-up questions from the following text: {full_response}",
                 "chat_history": st.session_state.chat_history