Merge branch 'main' into bugfix/fix-backtick-in-agent-response

src/crewai/crew.py

@@ -275,12 +275,26 @@ class Crew(BaseModel):
                 if self.entity_memory
                 else EntityMemory(crew=self, embedder_config=self.embedder)
             )
-            if hasattr(self, "memory_config") and self.memory_config is not None:
+            if (
-                self._user_memory = (
+                self.memory_config and "user_memory" in self.memory_config
-                    self.user_memory if self.user_memory else UserMemory(crew=self)
+            ):  # Check for user_memory in config
-                )
+                user_memory_config = self.memory_config["user_memory"]
+                if isinstance(
+                    user_memory_config, UserMemory
+                ):  # Check if it is already an instance
+                    self._user_memory = user_memory_config
+                elif isinstance(
+                    user_memory_config, dict
+                ):  # Check if it's a configuration dict
+                    self._user_memory = UserMemory(
+                        crew=self, **user_memory_config
+                    )  # Initialize with config
+                else:
+                    raise TypeError(
+                        "user_memory must be a UserMemory instance or a configuration dictionary"
+                    )
             else:
-                self._user_memory = None
+                self._user_memory = None  # No user memory if not in config
         return self
 
     @model_validator(mode="after")
@@ -455,8 +469,6 @@ class Crew(BaseModel):
                         )
         return self
 
-
-
     @property
     def key(self) -> str:
         source = [agent.key for agent in self.agents] + [