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+from openai import OpenAI
+import os
+import re
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from rich import print as rprint
+from rich.panel import Panel
+from prompt_toolkit import PromptSession
+from prompt_toolkit.styles import Style
+import time
+
+
+# Model Constants
+DEEPSEEK_MODEL = "deepseek-r1-distill-llama-8b"
+RESPONSE_MODEL = "meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct"
+
+# Don't forget to add LOCAL_API_KEY to .env file.
+
+# Load environment variables
+load_dotenv()
+
+class ModelChain:
+    def __init__(self):
+        # Initialize Local DeepSeek client
+        self.deepseek_client = OpenAI(
+            api_key=os.getenv("LOCAL_API_KEY"),
+            base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1"
+        )
+
+        # Initialize response_client
+        self.response_client = OpenAI(
+            api_key=os.getenv("LOCAL_API_KEY"),
+            base_url="http://localhost:1234/v1"
+        )
+
+        self.deepseek_messages = []
+        self.response_messages = []
+        self.current_model = RESPONSE_MODEL
+        self.show_reasoning = True
+
+    def set_model(self, model_name):
+        self.current_model = model_name
+
+    def get_model_display_name(self):
+        return self.current_model
+
+    def get_deepseek_reasoning(self, user_input):
+        start_time = time.time()
+        self.deepseek_messages.append({"role": "user", "content": user_input})
+
+        if self.show_reasoning:
+            rprint("\n[blue]Reasoning Process[/]")
+
+        response = self.deepseek_client.chat.completions.create(
+            model=DEEPSEEK_MODEL,
+            messages=self.deepseek_messages,
+            stream=True
+        )
+
+        full_response = ""
+        is_thinking = False
+        think_content = ""
+
+        # Concatenate streamed chunks to form the full response
+        for chunk in response:
+            if hasattr(chunk, "choices") and chunk.choices:
+                content = chunk.choices[0].delta.content
+                if content:
+                    full_response += content
+                    if "<think>" in content:
+                        is_thinking = True
+                        think_content = ""
+                    if is_thinking:
+                        think_content += content
+                        if "</think>" in content:
+                            is_thinking = False
+        extracted_think_content = re.findall(r'<think>(.*?)</think>', think_content, re.DOTALL)
+        print("\n".join(extracted_think_content))
+
+        # Extract content inside <think> tags
+        elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
+        if elapsed_time >= 60:
+            time_str = f"{elapsed_time/60:.1f} minutes"
+        else:
+            time_str = f"{elapsed_time:.1f} seconds"
+        rprint(f"\n\n[yellow]Thought for {time_str}[/]")
+
+        if self.show_reasoning:
+            print("\n")
+        return extracted_think_content
+
+    def get_local_response(self, user_input, reasoning):
+        # Create messages with proper format
+        user_message = {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": [
+                {
+                    "type": "text",
+                    "text": user_input
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+
+        assistant_prefill = {
+            "role": "assistant",
+            "content": [
+                {
+                    "type": "text",
+                    "text": f"<thinking>{reasoning}</thinking>"
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+
+        messages = [user_message, assistant_prefill]
+
+        rprint(f"[green]{self.get_model_display_name()}[/]", end="")
+
+        try:
+            response = self.response_client.chat.completions.create(
+            model=self.current_model,
+            messages=messages,
+            max_tokens=8000,
+            stream=True  # Make sure stream is set to True
+            )
+
+            full_response = ""
+            # Iterate over the streamed response directly or text in response:
+            for text in response:
+                if text.choices[0].delta.content is not None:
+                    full_response += text.choices[0].delta.content
+                    print(text.choices[0].delta.content, end="", flush=True)
+
+            self.response_messages.extend([
+                user_message,
+                {
+                    "role": "assistant", 
+                    "content": [{"type": "text", "text": full_response}]
+                }
+            ])
+            self.deepseek_messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": full_response})
+
+            print("\n")
+            return full_response
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            rprint(f"\n[red]Error in response: {str(e)}[/]")
+            return "Error occurred while getting response"
+
+def main():
+    chain = ModelChain()
+
+    style = Style.from_dict({
+        'prompt': 'orange bold',
+    })
+    session = PromptSession(style=style)
+
+    rprint(Panel.fit(
+        "[bold cyan]Retrival augmented thinking[/]",
+        title="[bold cyan]Local RAT 🧠[/]",
+        border_style="cyan"
+    ))
+    rprint("[yellow]Commands:[/]")
+    rprint(" • Type [bold red]'quit'[/] to exit")
+    rprint(" • Type [bold magenta]'model <name>'[/] to change the Response model")
+    rprint(" • Type [bold magenta]'reasoning'[/] to toggle reasoning visibility")
+    rprint(" • Type [bold magenta]'clear'[/] to clear chat history\n")
+    
+    while True:
+        try:
+            user_input = session.prompt("\nYou: ", style=style).strip()
+
+            if user_input.lower() == 'quit':
+                print("\nGoodbye! 👋")
+                break
+
+            if user_input.lower() == 'clear':
+                chain.deepseek_messages = []
+                chain.claude_messages = []
+                rprint("\n[magenta]Chat history cleared![/]\n")
+                continue
+
+            if user_input.lower().startswith('model '):
+                new_model = user_input[6:].strip()
+                chain.set_model(new_model)
+                print(f"\nChanged model to: {chain.get_model_display_name()}\n")
+                continue
+
+            if user_input.lower() == 'reasoning':
+                chain.show_reasoning = not chain.show_reasoning
+                status = "visible" if chain.show_reasoning else "hidden"
+                rprint(f"\n[magenta]Reasoning process is now {status}[/]\n")
+                continue
+
+            reasoning = chain.get_deepseek_reasoning(user_input)
+            local_response = chain.get_local_response(user_input, reasoning)
+
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            continue
+        except EOFError:
+            break
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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