Add version check to crew_chat.py (#1966)

* Add version check to crew_chat.py with min version 0.98.0

Co-Authored-By: brandon@crewai.com <brandon@crewai.com>

* Fix import sorting in crew_chat.py

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* Fix import sorting in crew_chat.py (attempt 3)

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* Update error message, add version check helper, fix import sorting

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* Fix import sorting with Ruff auto-fix

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* Remove poetry check and import comment headers in crew_chat.py

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src/crewai/cli/crew_chat.py

@@ -6,12 +6,42 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Tuple
 
 import click
 import tomli
+from packaging import version
 
+from crewai.cli.utils import read_toml
+from crewai.cli.version import get_crewai_version
 from crewai.crew import Crew
 from crewai.llm import LLM
 from crewai.types.crew_chat import ChatInputField, ChatInputs
 from crewai.utilities.llm_utils import create_llm
 
+MIN_REQUIRED_VERSION = "0.98.0"
+
+
+def check_conversational_crews_version(crewai_version: str, pyproject_data: dict) -> bool:
+    """
+    Check if the installed crewAI version supports conversational crews.
+    
+    Args:
+        crewai_version: The current version of crewAI
+        pyproject_data: Dictionary containing pyproject.toml data
+        
+    Returns:
+        bool: True if version check passes, False otherwise
+    """
+    try:
+        if version.parse(crewai_version) < version.parse(MIN_REQUIRED_VERSION):
+            click.secho(
+                "You are using an older version of crewAI that doesn't support conversational crews. "
+                "Run 'uv upgrade crewai' to get the latest version.",
+                fg="red"
+            )
+            return False
+    except version.InvalidVersion:
+        click.secho("Invalid crewAI version format detected", fg="red")
+        return False
+    return True
+
 
 def run_chat():
     """
@@ -19,6 +49,11 @@ def run_chat():
     Incorporates crew_name, crew_description, and input fields to build a tool schema.
     Exits if crew_name or crew_description are missing.
     """
+    crewai_version = get_crewai_version()
+    pyproject_data = read_toml()
+
+    if not check_conversational_crews_version(crewai_version, pyproject_data):
+        return
     crew, crew_name = load_crew_and_name()
     chat_llm = initialize_chat_llm(crew)
     if not chat_llm: