core loop should be working and ready for testing.

src/crewai/cli/cli.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from crewai import (
 from crewai.cli.add_crew_to_flow import add_crew_to_flow
 from crewai.cli.create_crew import create_crew
 from crewai.cli.create_flow import create_flow
+from crewai.cli.crew_chat import run_chat
 from crewai.cli.fetch_chat_llm import fetch_chat_llm
 from crewai.memory.storage.kickoff_task_outputs_storage import (
     KickoffTaskOutputsSQLiteStorage,
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ from crewai.memory.storage.kickoff_task_outputs_storage import (
 from .authentication.main import AuthenticationCommand
 from .deploy.main import DeployCommand
 from .evaluate_crew import evaluate_crew
-from .fetch_crew_inputs import fetch_crew_inputs
 from .install_crew import install_crew
 from .kickoff_flow import kickoff_flow
 from .plot_flow import plot_flow
@@ -351,123 +351,10 @@ def flow_add_crew(crew_name):
 @crewai.command()
 def chat():
     """
-    Start a conversation with the Crew, collecting user-supplied inputs
+    Start a conversation with the Crew, collecting user-supplied inputs,
-    only if needed. This is a demo of a 'chat' flow.
+    and using the Chat LLM to generate responses.
     """
-    click.secho("Welcome to CrewAI Chat!", fg="green")
+    run_chat()
-
-    # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # 1) Attempt to fetch Crew inputs
-    # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    click.secho("Gathering crew inputs via `fetch_crew_inputs()`...", fg="cyan")
-    try:
-        crew_inputs = fetch_crew_inputs()
-    except Exception as e:
-        # If an error occurs, we print it and halt.
-        click.secho(f"Error fetching crew inputs: {e}", fg="red")
-        return
-
-    # If crew_inputs is empty, that's fine. We'll proceed anyway.
-    click.secho(
-        f"Found placeholders (possibly empty): {sorted(list(crew_inputs))}", fg="yellow"
-    )
-
-    # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # 2) Retrieve the Chat LLM
-    # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    click.secho("Fetching the Chat LLM...", fg="cyan")
-    try:
-        chat_llm = fetch_chat_llm()
-    except Exception as e:
-        click.secho(f"Failed to retrieve Chat LLM: {e}", fg="red")
-        return
-
-    if not chat_llm:
-        click.secho("No valid Chat LLM returned. Exiting.", fg="red")
-        return
-
-    # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # 3) Simple chat loop (demo)
-    # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    click.secho(
-        "\nEntering interactive chat loop. Type 'exit' or Ctrl+C to quit.\n", fg="cyan"
-    )
-
-    while True:
-        try:
-            user_input = click.prompt("You", type=str)
-            if user_input.strip().lower() in ["exit", "quit"]:
-                click.echo("Exiting chat. Goodbye!")
-                break
-
-            # For demonstration, we'll call the LLM directly on the user input:
-            response = chat_llm.generate(user_input)
-            click.secho(f"\nAI: {response}\n", fg="green")
-
-        except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
-            click.echo("\nExiting chat. Goodbye!")
-            break
-        except Exception as e:
-            click.secho(f"Error occurred while generating chat response: {e}", fg="red")
-            break
-
-
-def load_crew_and_find_inputs(file_path: str) -> Tuple[Optional[Crew], set]:
-    """
-    Attempt to load a Crew from the provided file path or default location.
-    Then gather placeholders from tasks. Returns (crew, set_of_placeholders).
-    """
-    crew = None
-    placeholders_found = set()
-
-    # 1) If file_path is not provided, attempt to detect the default crew config.
-    if not file_path:
-        # This is naive detection logic.
-        # A real implementation might search typical locations like ./
-        # or src/<project_name>/config/ for a crew configuration.
-        default_candidate = "crew.yaml"
-        if os.path.exists(default_candidate):
-            file_path = default_candidate
-
-    # 2) Try to load the crew from file if file_path exists
-    if file_path and os.path.isfile(file_path):
-        # Pseudocode for loading a crew from file—may vary depending on how the user’s config is stored
-        try:
-            # For demonstration, we do something like:
-            #   with open(file_path, "r") as f:
-            #       content = f.read()
-            #   crew_data = parse_yaml_crew(content)
-            #   crew = Crew(**crew_data)
-            # Placeholder logic below:
-            crew = Crew(name="ExampleCrew")
-        except Exception as e:
-            click.secho(f"Error loading Crew from {file_path}: {e}", fg="red")
-            raise e
-
-    if crew:
-        # 3) Inspect crew tasks for placeholders
-        # For each Task, we gather placeholders used in description/expected_output
-        for task in crew.tasks:
-            placeholders_in_desc = extract_placeholders(task.description)
-            placeholders_in_out = extract_placeholders(task.expected_output)
-            placeholders_found.update(placeholders_in_desc)
-            placeholders_found.update(placeholders_in_out)
-
-    return crew, placeholders_found
-
-
-def extract_placeholders(text: str) -> set:
-    """
-    Given a string, find all placeholders of the form {something} that might be used for input interpolation.
-    This is a naive example—actual logic might do advanced parsing to avoid curly braces used in JSON.
-    """
-    import re
-
-    if not text:
-        return set()
-    pattern = r"\{([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\}"
-    matches = re.findall(pattern, text)
-    return set(matches)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

src/crewai/cli/crew_chat.py

@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+import json
+import subprocess
+from typing import cast
+
+import click
+
+from crewai.cli.fetch_chat_llm import fetch_chat_llm
+from crewai.cli.fetch_crew_inputs import fetch_crew_inputs
+from crewai.types.crew_chat import ChatInputs
+
+
+def run_chat():
+    """
+    Runs an interactive chat loop using the Crew's chat LLM with function calling.
+    Incorporates crew_name, crew_description, and input fields to build a tool schema.
+    Exits if crew_name or crew_description are missing.
+    """
+    click.secho("Welcome to CrewAI Chat with Function-Calling!", fg="green")
+
+    # 1) Fetch CrewInputs
+    click.secho("Gathering crew inputs via `fetch_crew_inputs()`...", fg="cyan")
+    try:
+        crew_inputs: ChatInputs = fetch_crew_inputs()
+    except Exception as e:
+        click.secho(f"Error fetching crew inputs: {e}", fg="red")
+        return
+
+    # Check for mandatory fields
+    if not crew_inputs.crew_name:
+        click.secho("Error: Crew name is missing. Exiting.", fg="red")
+        return
+
+    if not crew_inputs.crew_description:
+        click.secho("Error: Crew description is missing. Exiting.", fg="red")
+        return
+
+    # 2) Generate a tool schema from the crew inputs
+    crew_tool_schema = generate_crew_tool_schema(crew_inputs)
+
+    # 3) Build initial system message
+    required_fields_str = (
+        ", ".join(
+            f"{field.name} (desc: {field.description or 'n/a'})"
+            for field in crew_inputs.inputs
+        )
+        or "(No required fields detected)"
+    )
+
+    system_message = (
+        "You are a helpful AI assistant for the CrewAI platform. "
+        "You have a function (tool) you can call by name if you have all required inputs. "
+        f"Those required inputs are: {required_fields_str}. "
+        "Once you have them, call the function. "
+        "Please keep your responses concise and friendly."
+        f"\nCrew Name: {crew_inputs.crew_name}"
+        f"\nCrew Description: {crew_inputs.crew_description}"
+    )
+
+    messages = [
+        {"role": "system", "content": system_message},
+    ]
+
+    # 4) Retrieve ChatLLM
+    click.secho("\nFetching the Chat LLM...", fg="cyan")
+    try:
+        chat_llm = fetch_chat_llm()
+    except Exception as e:
+        click.secho(f"Failed to retrieve Chat LLM: {e}", fg="red")
+        return
+    if not chat_llm:
+        click.secho("No valid Chat LLM returned. Exiting.", fg="red")
+        return
+
+    # 5) Prepare available_functions for the callback dictionary
+    available_functions = {
+        crew_inputs.crew_name: run_crew_tool,  # The LLM can call run_crew_tool using the crew's name
+    }
+
+    click.secho(
+        "\nEntering an interactive chat loop with function-calling.\n"
+        "Type 'exit' or Ctrl+C to quit.\n",
+        fg="cyan",
+    )
+
+    # 6) Main chat loop
+    while True:
+        try:
+            user_input = click.prompt("You: ", type=str)
+            if user_input.strip().lower() in ["exit", "quit"]:
+                click.echo("Exiting chat. Goodbye!")
+                break
+
+            # Append user message
+            messages.append({"role": "user", "content": user_input})
+
+            # Invoke the LLM, passing tools and available_functions
+            final_response = chat_llm.call(
+                messages=messages,
+                tools=[crew_tool_schema],
+                available_functions=available_functions,
+            )
+
+            # Append the final assistant response and print
+            messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": final_response})
+            click.secho(f"\nAI: {final_response}\n", fg="green")
+
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
+            click.echo("\nExiting chat. Goodbye!")
+            break
+        except Exception as e:
+            click.secho(f"Error occurred: {e}", fg="red")
+            break
+
+
+def generate_crew_tool_schema(crew_inputs: ChatInputs) -> dict:
+    """
+    Dynamically build a Littellm 'function' schema for the given crew.
+
+    crew_name: The name of the crew (used for the function 'name').
+    crew_inputs: A ChatInputs object containing crew_description
+                 and a list of input fields (each with a name & description).
+    """
+    properties = {}
+    for field in crew_inputs.inputs:
+        properties[field.name] = {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": field.description or "No description provided",
+        }
+
+    required_fields = [field.name for field in crew_inputs.inputs]
+
+    return {
+        "type": "function",
+        "function": {
+            "name": crew_inputs.crew_name,
+            "description": crew_inputs.crew_description or "No crew description",
+            "parameters": {
+                "type": "object",
+                "properties": properties,
+                "required": required_fields,
+            },
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def run_crew_tool(**kwargs) -> str:
+    """
+    Subprocess-based function that:
+      1) Calls 'uv run run_crew' (which in turn calls your crew's 'run()' in main.py)
+      2) Passes the LLM-provided kwargs as CLI overrides (e.g. --key=value).
+    """
+    import subprocess
+
+    command = ["uv", "run", "run_crew"]
+
+    # Convert LLM arguments to --key=value CLI params
+    for key, value in kwargs.items():
+        val_str = str(value)
+        command.append(f"--{key}={val_str}")
+
+    try:
+        # Capture stdout so we can return it to the LLM
+        result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
+        stdout_str = result.stdout.strip()
+        return stdout_str if stdout_str else "No output from run_crew command."
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        return (
+            f"Error: Command failed with exit code {e.returncode}\n"
+            f"STDERR:\n{e.stderr}\nSTDOUT:\n{e.stdout}"
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        return f"Unexpected error running crew: {e}"

src/crewai/cli/fetch_crew_inputs.py

@@ -6,23 +6,26 @@ from packaging import version
 
 from crewai.cli.utils import read_toml
 from crewai.cli.version import get_crewai_version
+from crewai.types.crew_chat import ChatInputs
 
 
-def fetch_crew_inputs() -> set[str]:
+def fetch_crew_inputs() -> ChatInputs:
     """
-    Fetch placeholders/inputs for the crew by running 'uv run fetch_inputs'.
+    Fetch the crew's ChatInputs (a structure containing crew_description and input fields)
-    This captures stdout (which is now expected to be JSON),
+    by running "uv run fetch_chat_inputs", which prints JSON representing a ChatInputs object.
-    parses it into a Python list/set, and returns it.
-    """
-    command = ["uv", "run", "fetch_inputs"]
-    placeholders = set()
 
+    This function will parse that JSON and return a ChatInputs instance.
+    If the output is empty or invalid, an empty ChatInputs object is returned.
+    """
+
+    command = ["uv", "run", "fetch_chat_inputs"]
     crewai_version = get_crewai_version()
-    min_required_version = "0.87.0"  # TODO: Update to latest version when cut
+    min_required_version = "0.87.0"
 
     pyproject_data = read_toml()
+    crew_name = pyproject_data.get("project", {}).get("name", None)
 
-    # Check for old poetry-based setups
+    # If you're on an older poetry-based setup and version < min_required_version
     if pyproject_data.get("tool", {}).get("poetry") and (
         version.parse(crewai_version) < version.parse(min_required_version)
     ):
@@ -34,17 +37,25 @@ def fetch_crew_inputs() -> set[str]:
 
     try:
         result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
-        # The entire stdout should now be a JSON array of placeholders (e.g. ["topic","username",...])
         stdout_str = result.stdout.strip()
-        if stdout_str:
+
+        if not stdout_str:
+            return ChatInputs(crew_name=crew_name)
+
         try:
-                placeholders_list = json.loads(stdout_str)
+            raw_data = json.loads(stdout_str)
-                if isinstance(placeholders_list, list):
+            chat_inputs = ChatInputs(**raw_data)
-                    placeholders = set(placeholders_list)
+            if crew_name:
-            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                chat_inputs.crew_name = crew_name
-                click.echo("Unable to parse JSON from `fetch_inputs` output.", err=True)
+            return chat_inputs
+        except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+            click.echo(
+                f"Unable to parse JSON from `fetch_chat_inputs` output: {e}", err=True
+            )
+            return ChatInputs(crew_name=crew_name)
+
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        click.echo(f"An error occurred while fetching inputs: {e}", err=True)
+        click.echo(f"An error occurred while fetching chat inputs: {e}", err=True)
         click.echo(e.output, err=True, nl=True)
 
         if pyproject_data.get("tool", {}).get("poetry"):
@@ -53,8 +64,7 @@ def fetch_crew_inputs() -> set[str]:
                 "Please run `crewai update` to update your pyproject.toml to use uv.",
                 fg="yellow",
             )
-
     except Exception as e:
         click.echo(f"An unexpected error occurred: {e}", err=True)
 
-    return placeholders
+    return ChatInputs(crew_name=crew_name)

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

@@ -15,12 +15,30 @@ warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=SyntaxWarning, module="pysbd")
 
 def run():
     """
-    Run the crew.
+    Run the crew, allowing CLI overrides for required inputs.
+    Usage example:
+        uv run run_crew -- --topic="New Topic" --some_other_field="Value"
     """
+    # Default inputs
     inputs = {
         'topic': 'AI LLMs'
+        # Add any other default fields here
     }
+
+    # 1) Gather overrides from sys.argv
+    #    sys.argv might look like: ['run_crew', '--topic=NewTopic']
+    #    But be aware that if you're calling "uv run run_crew", sys.argv might have
+    #    additional items. So we typically skip the first 1 or 2 items to get only overrides.
+    overrides = parse_cli_overrides(sys.argv[1:])
+
+    # 2) Merge the overrides into defaults
+    inputs.update(overrides)
+
+    # 3) Kick off the crew with final inputs
+    try:
         {{crew_name}}().crew().kickoff(inputs=inputs)
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise Exception(f"An error occurred while running the crew: {e}")
 
 
 def train():
@@ -107,3 +125,44 @@ def fetch_chat_llm():
             print(json.dumps({}))
     except Exception as e:
         raise Exception(f"An error occurred while fetching chat LLM: {e}")
+
+# TODO: Talk to Joao about making using LLM calls to analyze the crew
+# and generate all of this information automatically
+def fetch_chat_inputs():
+    """
+    Command that fetches the 'chat_inputs' property from the Crew,
+    and prints it as JSON to stdout.
+    """
+    try:
+        crew = {{crew_name}}().crew()
+        raw_chat_inputs = getattr(crew, "chat_inputs", None)
+
+        if raw_chat_inputs:
+            # Convert to dictionary to print JSON
+            print(json.dumps(raw_chat_inputs.model_dump()))
+        else:
+            # If crew.chat_inputs is None or empty, print an empty JSON
+            print(json.dumps({}))
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise Exception(f"An error occurred while fetching chat inputs: {e}")
+    
+    
+def parse_cli_overrides(args_list) -> dict:
+    """
+    Parse arguments in the form of --key=value from a list of CLI arguments.
+    Return them as a dict. For example:
+    ['--topic=AI LLMs', '--username=John'] => {'topic': 'AI LLMs', 'username': 'John'}
+    """
+    overrides = {}
+    for arg in args_list:
+        if arg.startswith("--"):
+            # remove the leading --
+            trimmed = arg[2:]
+            if "=" in trimmed:
+                key, val = trimmed.split("=", 1)
+                overrides[key] = val
+            else:
+                # If someone passed something like --topic (no =),
+                # either handle differently or ignore
+                pass
+    return overrides

src/crewai/crew.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from crewai.tasks.conditional_task import ConditionalTask
 from crewai.tasks.task_output import TaskOutput
 from crewai.telemetry import Telemetry
 from crewai.tools.agent_tools.agent_tools import AgentTools
+from crewai.types.crew_chat import ChatInputs
 from crewai.types.usage_metrics import UsageMetrics
 from crewai.utilities import I18N, FileHandler, Logger, RPMController
 from crewai.utilities.constants import TRAINING_DATA_FILE
@@ -207,6 +208,10 @@ class Crew(BaseModel):
         default=None,
         description="LLM used to handle chatting with the crew.",
     )
+    chat_inputs: Optional[ChatInputs] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="Holds descriptions of the crew as well as named inputs for chat usage.",
+    )
     _knowledge: Optional[Knowledge] = PrivateAttr(
         default=None,
     )

src/crewai/llm.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 import litellm
-from litellm import get_supported_openai_params
+from litellm import ModelResponse, get_supported_openai_params
 
 from crewai.utilities.exceptions.context_window_exceeding_exception import (
     LLMContextLengthExceededException,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class FilteredStream:
 
     def write(self, s) -> int:
         with self._lock:
+            # Filter out extraneous messages from LiteLLM
             if (
                 "Give Feedback / Get Help: https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/new"
                 in s
@@ -80,11 +82,9 @@ def suppress_warnings():
         old_stderr = sys.stderr
         sys.stdout = FilteredStream(old_stdout)
         sys.stderr = FilteredStream(old_stderr)
-
         try:
             yield
         finally:
-            # Restore stdout and stderr
             sys.stdout = old_stdout
             sys.stderr = old_stderr
 
@@ -135,8 +135,10 @@ class LLM:
         self.context_window_size = 0
         self.kwargs = kwargs
 
+        # For safety, we disable passing init params to next calls
         litellm.drop_params = True
         litellm.set_verbose = False
+
         self.set_callbacks(callbacks)
         self.set_env_callbacks()
 
@@ -173,8 +175,6 @@ class LLM:
         Create an LLM instance from a dict.
         We assume the dict has all relevant keys that match what's in the constructor.
         """
-        # We can pop off fields we know, then pass the rest into **kwargs
-        # so that any leftover keys still get passed into the LLM constructor.
         known_fields = {}
         known_fields["model"] = data.pop("model", None)
         known_fields["timeout"] = data.pop("timeout", None)
@@ -196,15 +196,37 @@ class LLM:
         known_fields["api_key"] = data.pop("api_key", None)
         known_fields["callbacks"] = data.pop("callbacks", None)
 
-        # leftover keys go into kwargs:
         return cls(**known_fields, **data)
 
-    def call(self, messages: List[Dict[str, str]], callbacks: List[Any] = []) -> str:
+    def call(
+        self,
+        messages: List[Dict[str, str]],
+        tools: Optional[List[dict]] = None,
+        callbacks: Optional[List[Any]] = None,
+        available_functions: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    ) -> str:
+        """
+        High-level call method that:
+          1) Calls litellm.completion
+          2) Checks for function/tool calls
+          3) If tool calls found:
+               a) executes each function
+               b) appends their output as tool messages
+               c) calls litellm.completion again with the updated messages
+          4) Returns the final text response
+
+        :param messages: The conversation messages
+        :param tools: Optional list of function schemas for function calling
+        :param callbacks: Optional list of callbacks
+        :param available_functions: A dictionary mapping function_name -> actual Python function
+        :return: Final text response from the LLM
+        """
         with suppress_warnings():
-            if callbacks and len(callbacks) > 0:
+            if callbacks:
                 self.set_callbacks(callbacks)
 
             try:
+                # --- 1) Make first completion call
                 params = {
                     "model": self.model,
                     "messages": messages,
@@ -225,21 +247,71 @@ class LLM:
                     "api_version": self.api_version,
                     "api_key": self.api_key,
                     "stream": False,
+                    "tools": tools,  # pass the tool schema
                     **self.kwargs,
                 }
 
-                # Remove None values to avoid passing unnecessary parameters
+                # remove None values
                 params = {k: v for k, v in params.items() if v is not None}
 
                 response = litellm.completion(**params)
-                return response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
+                response_message = response.choices[0].message
+                text_response = response_message.content or ""
+                tool_calls = getattr(response_message, "tool_calls", [])
+
+                # --- 2) If no tool calls, we can just return
+                if not tool_calls or not available_functions:
+                    return text_response
+
+                # --- 3) We have tool calls and a dictionary of available functions
+                #         run them, append output to messages
+                for tool_call in tool_calls:
+                    function_name = tool_call.function.name
+                    if function_name in available_functions:
+                        # parse arguments
+                        function_args = {}
+                        try:
+                            function_args = json.loads(tool_call.function.arguments)
                         except Exception as e:
+                            logging.warning(f"Failed to parse function arguments: {e}")
+
+                        fn = available_functions[function_name]
+                        # call the actual tool function
+                        result = fn(**function_args)
+
+                        # append the "tool" response to messages
+                        messages.append(
+                            {
+                                "tool_call_id": tool_call.id,
+                                "role": "tool",
+                                "name": function_name,
+                                "content": str(result),
+                            }
+                        )
+                    else:
+                        logging.warning(
+                            f"Tool call requested unknown function '{function_name}'"
+                        )
+
+                # --- 4) Make a second call so the LLM can incorporate the tool results
+                second_params = dict(params)  # copy the same params
+                second_params["messages"] = messages
+                # We'll remove "tools" from second call, or keep it if you want more calls
+                # but typically you keep it in case it wants additional calls
+                second_response = litellm.completion(**second_params)
+                second_msg = second_response.choices[0].message
+                final_response = second_msg.content or ""
+
+                return final_response
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                # check if context length was exceeded, otherwise log
                 if not LLMContextLengthExceededException(
                     str(e)
                 )._is_context_limit_error(str(e)):
                     logging.error(f"LiteLLM call failed: {str(e)}")
-
+                # re-raise
-                raise  # Re-raise the exception after logging
+                raise
 
     def supports_function_calling(self) -> bool:
         try:
@@ -258,7 +330,10 @@ class LLM:
             return False
 
     def get_context_window_size(self) -> int:
-        # Only using 75% of the context window size to avoid cutting the message in the middle
+        """
+        Returns the context window size, using 75% of the maximum to avoid
+        cutting off messages mid-thread.
+        """
         if self.context_window_size != 0:
             return self.context_window_size
 
@@ -271,6 +346,10 @@ class LLM:
         return self.context_window_size
 
     def set_callbacks(self, callbacks: List[Any]):
+        """
+        Attempt to keep a single set of callbacks in litellm by removing old
+        duplicates and adding new ones.
+        """
         callback_types = [type(callback) for callback in callbacks]
         for callback in litellm.success_callback[:]:
             if type(callback) in callback_types:
@@ -285,34 +364,19 @@ class LLM:
     def set_env_callbacks(self):
         """
         Sets the success and failure callbacks for the LiteLLM library from environment variables.
-
-        This method reads the `LITELLM_SUCCESS_CALLBACKS` and `LITELLM_FAILURE_CALLBACKS`
-        environment variables, which should contain comma-separated lists of callback names.
-        It then assigns these lists to `litellm.success_callback` and `litellm.failure_callback`,
-        respectively.
-
-        If the environment variables are not set or are empty, the corresponding callback lists
-        will be set to empty lists.
-
-        Example:
-            LITELLM_SUCCESS_CALLBACKS="langfuse,langsmith"
-            LITELLM_FAILURE_CALLBACKS="langfuse"
-
-        This will set `litellm.success_callback` to ["langfuse", "langsmith"] and
-        `litellm.failure_callback` to ["langfuse"].
         """
         success_callbacks_str = os.environ.get("LITELLM_SUCCESS_CALLBACKS", "")
         success_callbacks = []
         if success_callbacks_str:
             success_callbacks = [
-                callback.strip() for callback in success_callbacks_str.split(",")
+                cb.strip() for cb in success_callbacks_str.split(",") if cb.strip()
             ]
 
         failure_callbacks_str = os.environ.get("LITELLM_FAILURE_CALLBACKS", "")
         failure_callbacks = []
         if failure_callbacks_str:
             failure_callbacks = [
-                callback.strip() for callback in failure_callbacks_str.split(",")
+                cb.strip() for cb in failure_callbacks_str.split(",") if cb.strip()
             ]
 
         litellm.success_callback = success_callbacks

src/crewai/types/crew_chat.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+
+class ChatInputField(BaseModel):
+    """
+    Represents a single required input for the crew, with a name and short description.
+    Example:
+        {
+            "name": "topic",
+            "description": "The topic to focus on for the conversation"
+        }
+    """
+
+    name: str
+    description: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+class ChatInputs(BaseModel):
+    """
+    Holds a high-level crew_description plus a list of ChatInputFields.
+    Example:
+        {
+            "crew_name": "topic-based-qa",
+            "crew_description": "Use this crew for topic-based Q&A",
+            "inputs": [
+                {"name": "topic", "description": "The topic to focus on"},
+                {"name": "username", "description": "Name of the user"},
+            ]
+        }
+    """
+
+    crew_name: Optional[str] = Field(default="Crew")
+    crew_description: Optional[str] = None
+    inputs: List[ChatInputField] = Field(default_factory=list)