o-reasonable

O-Reasonable 🧠

A lightweight reasoning agent designed to mimic logical planning and problem-solving capabilities using cost-effective OpenAI models. It generates step-by-step plans, executes them sequentially, and synthesizes a final answer.

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Features

• 🎯 Dynamic model selection with sensible defaults
• 📋 Structured step-by-step planning
• 🔄 Sequential execution of reasoning steps
• 🎨 Clean and informative console output
• ⚡ Built with TypeScript and Vite

Installation

npm install o-reasonable

Configuration

You'll need to set up your OpenAI API key as an environment variable:

export OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Or create a .env file in your project root:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Usage

import { runAgent } from 'o-reasonable';

// Basic usage with default model (logs enabled by default)
const result = await runAgent("What would be the impact of implementing a four-day work week?");

// Using a custom model with logs disabled
const result = await runAgent("Analyze the pros and cons of remote work", {
  model: "gpt-4o-mini",
  enableLogs: false
});

// The result contains steps and final answer
console.log(result.steps);         // Array of step results
console.log(result.finalQuestion); // The final question asked
console.log(result.finalAnswer);   // The final synthesized answer

Configuration Options

The runAgent function accepts a configuration object with the following options:

interface OReasonableConfig {
  model?: string;         // OpenAI model to use (default: "gpt-4o-mini")
  apiKey?: string;        // Optional API key override
  baseURL?: string;       // Custom base URL for OpenAI-compatible APIs
  enableLogs?: boolean;   // Enable/disable console logs (default: false)
  enableReflection?: boolean; // Enable step validation and reflection (default: true)
  minConfidence?: number; // Minimum confidence threshold for steps (default: 0.6)
  maxRetries?: number;    // Maximum retries for low-confidence steps (default: 1)
}

Enhanced Reasoning Features

O-Reasonable now includes advanced reasoning capabilities that significantly improve the quality and reliability of the generated responses:

🔍 Step Validation & Reflection

Each reasoning step is automatically validated for:

• Confidence: How certain the AI is about the step's accuracy
• Relevance: How well the step contributes to solving the original task
• Logical soundness: Whether the reasoning is well-founded

🧠 Smart Context Management

• Context Summarization: Automatically summarizes previous steps to maintain focus
• Conversation Threading: Builds coherent conversation history between steps
• Relevance Filtering: Keeps only the most important information for subsequent steps

🔄 Adaptive Execution

• Quality Thresholds: Automatically retries steps that don't meet confidence requirements
• Enhanced Planning: Uses proven reasoning frameworks (analytical, comparative, causal, creative)
• Self-Evaluation: Reflects on the overall reasoning process quality

📊 Confidence Tracking

• Individual step confidence scores
• Overall reasoning confidence
• Quality metrics for each step

// Enhanced reasoning with validation
const result = await runAgent("Analyze the impact of remote work on productivity", {
  enableReflection: true,    // Enable step validation and reflection
  minConfidence: 0.7,        // Require high confidence (0.0-1.0)
  maxRetries: 2,             // Retry low-confidence steps up to 2 times
  enableLogs: true
});

// Access enhanced results
console.log(result.steps);              // Array of StepResult objects with confidence scores
console.log(result.overallConfidence);  // Overall reasoning confidence (0.0-1.0)
console.log(result.reflections);        // Self-evaluation of reasoning quality

Step Result Structure

interface StepResult {
  content: string;      // The step's reasoning content
  confidence: number;   // Confidence score (0.0-1.0)
  relevance: number;    // Relevance to original task (0.0-1.0)
  isValid: boolean;     // Whether the step passed validation
  reasoning: string;    // Explanation of the validation
}

Using OpenAI-Compatible APIs

O-Reasonable supports any OpenAI-compatible API by specifying a custom baseURL. Here are some examples:

Local Models (Ollama, LM Studio, etc.)

import { runAgent } from 'o-reasonable';

// Using Ollama with a local model
const result = await runAgent("Explain quantum computing", {
  baseURL: "http://localhost:11434/v1",
  model: "llama2", // or any model available in Ollama
  apiKey: "ollama" // Ollama requires any non-empty key
});

// Using LM Studio
const result = await runAgent("What are the benefits of TypeScript?", {
  baseURL: "http://localhost:1234/v1",
  model: "local-model",
  apiKey: "lm-studio"
});

Azure OpenAI

const result = await runAgent("Analyze market trends", {
  baseURL: "https://your-resource.openai.azure.com",
  model: "gpt-35-turbo", // Azure deployment name
  apiKey: process.env.AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY
});

Other OpenAI-Compatible Providers

// Example with any OpenAI-compatible service
const result = await runAgent("Create a project plan", {
  baseURL: "https://api.your-provider.com/v1",
  model: "your-model-name",
  apiKey: "your-api-key"
});

Return Type

The runAgent function returns a promise that resolves to an enhanced AgentResult:

interface AgentResult {
  steps: StepResult[];      // Enhanced step results with confidence scores
  finalQuestion: string;    // The final question that was asked
  finalAnswer: string;      // The synthesized final answer
  overallConfidence: number; // Overall confidence in the reasoning (0.0-1.0)
  reflections: string[];    // Self-evaluation and reflection insights
}

Examples

Quick Start

# Try the quick example
node quickstart.js

Comprehensive Examples

# Run all examples (JavaScript)
node example.js

# Run TypeScript examples (requires ts-node)
npx ts-node example.ts

# Try different configurations
node examples/configurations.js

Basic Usage

import { runAgent } from 'o-reasonable';

const result = await runAgent("What are the key factors in choosing a programming language?");
console.log(result.finalAnswer);
console.log(`Confidence: ${result.overallConfidence.toFixed(2)}`);

Advanced Reasoning Configuration

// High-quality reasoning with strict validation
const result = await runAgent("Design a sustainable urban transportation system", {
  enableReflection: true,
  minConfidence: 0.8,      // Require very high confidence
  maxRetries: 3,           // Allow more retries for quality
  enableLogs: true,
  model: "gpt-4"
});

// Analyze step quality
result.steps.forEach((step, i) => {
  console.log(`Step ${i+1}: Confidence ${step.confidence.toFixed(2)}, Relevance ${step.relevance.toFixed(2)}`);
});

Debugging and Analysis

const result = await runAgent("Solve this complex business problem", {
  enableLogs: true,        // See detailed reasoning process
  enableReflection: true   // Get self-evaluation insights
});

// Review the reasoning process
console.log("Reflections on reasoning quality:");
result.reflections.forEach(reflection => console.log(reflection));

Development

To set up the development environment:

git clone https://github.com/chihebnabil/o-reasonable.git
cd o-reasonable
npm install
npm run dev

Building

npm run build

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT

Credits

Created with ❤️ by Chiheb Nabil