Update app.py

app.py

@@ -20,7 +20,28 @@ recipes = [
 client = InferenceClient("microsoft/phi-4")
 
 def respond(message, history):
-    messages = [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a friendly chatbot"}]
+    # Start with a system prompt
+    messages = [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a friendly recipe assistant."}]
+
+    # Convert Gradio history (list of [user, assistant] pairs) to OpenAI-style message format
+    for user_msg, bot_msg in history:
+        if user_msg:
+            messages.append({"role": "user", "content": user_msg})
+        if bot_msg:
+            messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": bot_msg})
+
+    # Append the new user message
+    messages.append({"role": "user", "content": message})
+
+    # Call the model
+    response = client.chat_completion(
+        messages=messages,
+        max_tokens=200
+    )
+
+    return response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"].strip()
+    
+    """messages = [{"role": "system", "content": "You are a friendly chatbot"}]
     if history:
         messages.extend(history)
     messages.append({"role": "user", "content": message})
@@ -30,7 +51,7 @@ def respond(message, history):
         max_tokens=1000
     )
 
-    return response['choices'][0]['message']['content'].strip()
+    return response['choices'][0]['message']['content'].strip()"""
     
 
 with gr.Blocks() as demo: