Update app.py

app.py

@@ -48,8 +48,19 @@ def generate(
         "Espero que goste de mim. Como posso ajudá-lo hoje?"
     ]
 
-    formatted_prompt = format_prompt(prompt, history, system_messages)
+    # Add an initial user message
+    initial_user_message = "Olá, Stella! Como vai hoje?"
 
+    # Construct the prompt without the initial user message for the model
+    formatted_prompt = format_prompt(initial_user_message, history, system_messages)
+
+    # Send the initial user message to the model and ignore its response
+    client.text_generation(formatted_prompt, **generate_kwargs, stream=True, details=True, return_full_text=False)
+
+    # Now, use the initial user message along with the system prompt for the rest of the conversation
+    formatted_prompt = format_prompt(prompt, history, system_messages + [initial_user_message])
+
+    # Continue the conversation and yield the output
     stream = client.text_generation(formatted_prompt, **generate_kwargs, stream=True, details=True, return_full_text=False)
     output = ""
 
@@ -58,9 +69,8 @@ def generate(
         yield output
     return output
 
-    
 mychatbot = gr.Chatbot(
-    avatar_images=["./user.png", "./stella.jpg"], bubble_full_width=False, show_label=False, show_copy_button=True, likeable=True, value=[["Welcome to Tomoniai's Mixtral 8x7b Chat!", None]])
+    avatar_images=["./user.png", "./stella.jpg"], bubble_full_width=False, show_label=False, show_copy_button=True, likeable=True)
 
 demo = gr.ChatInterface(fn=generate, 
                         chatbot=mychatbot,
@@ -69,4 +79,4 @@ demo = gr.ChatInterface(fn=generate,
                         undo_btn=None
                        )
 
-demo.queue().launch(show_api=False)
+demo.queue().launch(show_api=False)