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    Pythonlangchain-classicagentsopenai_assistantbaseOpenAIAssistantRunnablecreate_assistant
    Methodā—Since v1.0

    create_assistant

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    create_assistant(
      cls,
      name: str,
      instructions: str,
      tools: Sequence[BaseTool
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    dict
    ]
    ,
    model
    :
    str
    ,
    *
    ,
    client
    :
    openai
    .
    OpenAI
    |
    openai
    .
    AzureOpenAI
    |
    None
    =
    None
    ,
    **
    kwargs
    :
    Any
    =
    {
    }
    )
    ->
    OpenAIAssistantRunnable

    Parameters

    NameTypeDescription
    name*str

    Assistant name.

    instructions*str

    Assistant instructions.

    tools*Sequence[BaseTool | dict]

    Assistant tools. Can be passed in OpenAI format or as BaseTools.

    model*str
    clientopenai.OpenAI | openai.AzureOpenAI | None
    Default:None
    kwargsAny
    Default:{}

    Create an OpenAI Assistant and instantiate the Runnable.

    Assistant model to use.

    OpenAI or AzureOpenAI client. Will create a default OpenAI client if not specified.

    Additional arguments.