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Timmy-time-dashboard/src/timmy/interview.py

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"""Structured interview for Timmy.
Runs a series of questions through the Timmy agent to verify identity,
capabilities, values, and correct operation. Serves as both a demo and
a post-initialization health check.
"""
import logging
from collections.abc import Callable
from dataclasses import dataclass
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Interview questions organized by category
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTERVIEW_QUESTIONS: list[dict[str, str]] = [
{
"category": "Identity",
"question": "Who are you? Tell me your name and what you are in one or two sentences.",
},
{
"category": "Identity",
"question": "What model are you running on, and where does your inference happen?",
},
{
"category": "Capabilities",
"question": "What agents are available in your swarm? List them briefly.",
},
{
"category": "Capabilities",
"question": "What tools do you have access to?",
},
{
"category": "Values",
"question": "What are your core principles? Keep it to three or four bullet points.",
},
{
"category": "Values",
"question": "Why is local-first AI important to you?",
},
{
"category": "Operational",
"question": "How does your memory system work? Describe the tiers briefly.",
},
{
"category": "Operational",
"question": "If I ask you to calculate 347 times 829, what would you do?",
},
]
@dataclass
class InterviewEntry:
"""Single question-answer pair from an interview."""
category: str
question: str
answer: str
def run_interview(
chat_fn: Callable[[str], str],
questions: list[dict[str, str]] | None = None,
on_answer: Callable[[InterviewEntry], None] | None = None,
) -> list[InterviewEntry]:
"""Run a structured interview using the provided chat function.
Args:
chat_fn: Callable that takes a message string and returns a response.
questions: Optional custom question list; defaults to INTERVIEW_QUESTIONS.
on_answer: Optional callback invoked after each answer (for live output).
Returns:
List of InterviewEntry with question-answer pairs.
"""
q_list = questions or INTERVIEW_QUESTIONS
transcript: list[InterviewEntry] = []
for item in q_list:
category = item["category"]
question = item["question"]
logger.info("Interview [%s]: %s", category, question)
try:
answer = chat_fn(question)
except Exception as exc: # broad catch intentional: chat_fn can raise any error
logger.error("Interview question failed: %s", exc)
answer = f"(Error: {exc})"
entry = InterviewEntry(category=category, question=question, answer=answer)
transcript.append(entry)
if on_answer is not None:
on_answer(entry)
return transcript
def format_transcript(transcript: list[InterviewEntry]) -> str:
"""Format an interview transcript as readable text.
Groups answers by category with clear section headers.
"""
if not transcript:
return "(No interview data)"
lines: list[str] = []
lines.append("=" * 60)
lines.append(" TIMMY INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT")
lines.append("=" * 60)
lines.append("")
current_category = ""
for entry in transcript:
if entry.category != current_category:
current_category = entry.category
lines.append(f"--- {current_category} ---")
lines.append("")
lines.append(f"Q: {entry.question}")
lines.append(f"A: {entry.answer}")
lines.append("")
lines.append("=" * 60)
return "\n".join(lines)