Knowledge project directory standard (#1691)

* Knowledge project directory standard

* fixed types

* comment fix

* made base file knowledge source an abstract class

* cleaner validator on model_post_init

* fix type checker

* cleaner refactor

* better template

src/crewai/cli/create_crew.py

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def create_folder_structure(name, parent_folder=None):
 
     folder_path.mkdir(parents=True)
     (folder_path / "tests").mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    (folder_path / "knowledge").mkdir(exist_ok=True)
     if not parent_folder:
         (folder_path / "src" / folder_name).mkdir(parents=True)
         (folder_path / "src" / folder_name / "tools").mkdir(parents=True)
@@ -52,7 +53,14 @@ def copy_template_files(folder_path, name, class_name, parent_folder):
     templates_dir = package_dir / "templates" / "crew"
 
     root_template_files = (
-        [".gitignore", "pyproject.toml", "README.md"] if not parent_folder else []
+        [
+            ".gitignore",
+            "pyproject.toml",
+            "README.md",
+            "knowledge/user_preference.txt",
+        ]
+        if not parent_folder
+        else []
     )
     tools_template_files = ["tools/custom_tool.py", "tools/__init__.py"]
     config_template_files = ["config/agents.yaml", "config/tasks.yaml"]
@@ -168,7 +176,9 @@ def create_crew(name, provider=None, skip_provider=False, parent_folder=None):
     templates_dir = package_dir / "templates" / "crew"
 
     root_template_files = (
-        [".gitignore", "pyproject.toml", "README.md"] if not parent_folder else []
+        [".gitignore", "pyproject.toml", "README.md", "knowledge/user_preference.txt"]
+        if not parent_folder
+        else []
     )
     tools_template_files = ["tools/custom_tool.py", "tools/__init__.py"]
     config_template_files = ["config/agents.yaml", "config/tasks.yaml"]

src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/crew.py

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from crewai import Agent, Crew, Process, Task
 from crewai.project import CrewBase, agent, crew, task, before_kickoff, after_kickoff
-
 # Uncomment the following line to use an example of a custom tool
 # from {{folder_name}}.tools.custom_tool import MyCustomTool
+# Uncomment the following line to use an example of a knowledge source
+# from crewai.knowledge.source.text_file_knowledge_source import TextFileKnowledgeSource
 
 # Check our tools documentations for more information on how to use them
 # from crewai_tools import SerperDevTool
@@ -57,10 +58,20 @@ class {{crew_name}}():
 	@crew
 	def crew(self) -> Crew:
 		"""Creates the {{crew_name}} crew"""
+		# You can add knowledge sources here
+		# knowledge_path = "user_preference.txt"
+		# sources = [
+		# 	TextFileKnowledgeSource(
+		# 		file_path="knowledge/user_preference.txt",
+		# 		metadata={"preference": "personal"}
+		# 	),
+		# ]
+
 		return Crew(
 			agents=self.agents, # Automatically created by the @agent decorator
 			tasks=self.tasks, # Automatically created by the @task decorator
 			process=Process.sequential,
 			verbose=True,
 			# process=Process.hierarchical, # In case you wanna use that instead https://docs.crewai.com/how-to/Hierarchical/
+			# knowledge_sources=sources, # In the case you want to add knowledge sources
 		)

src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/knowledge/user_preference.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+User name is John Doe.
+User is an AI Engineer.
+User is interested in AI Agents.
+User is based in San Francisco, California.