Feature request: Adding temperature as parameter (#513)

* Adding temperature as parameter

* NEXT_PUBLIC_ prefix added

* add spacing

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Co-authored-by: Ivan Fioravanti <>
Co-authored-by: Mckay Wrigley <mckaywrigley@gmail.com>

utils/app/clean.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Conversation } from '@/types/chat';
 import { OpenAIModelID, OpenAIModels } from '@/types/openai';
 
-import { DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT } from './const';
+import { DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT, DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE } from './const';
 
 export const cleanSelectedConversation = (conversation: Conversation) => {
   // added model for each conversation (3/20/23)
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ export const cleanSelectedConversation = (conversation: Conversation) => {
     };
   }
 
+  if (!updatedConversation.temperature) {
+    updatedConversation = {
+      ...updatedConversation,
+      temperature: updatedConversation.temperature || DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE,
+    };
+  }
+
   if (!updatedConversation.folderId) {
     updatedConversation = {
       ...updatedConversation,
@@ -58,6 +65,10 @@ export const cleanConversationHistory = (history: any[]): Conversation[] => {
         conversation.prompt = DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT;
       }
 
+      if (!conversation.temperature) {
+        conversation.temperature = DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE;
+      }
+
       if (!conversation.folderId) {
         conversation.folderId = null;
       }

utils/app/const.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 export const DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT =
-  process.env.DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT ||
+  process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT ||
   "You are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI. Follow the user's instructions carefully. Respond using markdown.";
 
 export const OPENAI_API_HOST =
   process.env.OPENAI_API_HOST || 'https://api.openai.com';
 
+export const DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE = 
+  parseFloat(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_DEFAULT_TEMPERATURE || "1");
+
 export const OPENAI_API_TYPE =
   process.env.OPENAI_API_TYPE || 'openai';