ReAct: question answering with Reasoning and Actions

What is ReAct?

ReAct (Reason+Act) is a classis AI question-answering feature, that combines reasoning with actions to provide informed answers.

Within Big-AGI, users can invoke ReAct to ask complex questions that require multiple steps to answer.

Mode	Activation	Information Sources	Reasoning Visibility	When to Use
Chat	Just type and send	Pre-trained knowledge only	Only shows final response	Quick answers, general knowledge queries
ReAct	Type "/react" before the question	Web loads, Web searches, Wikipedia, calculations	Shows step-by-step thought process	Complex, multi-step, or research-based questions

Example of ReAct in action, taking a question about current events, googling results, opening a page, and summarizing the information:

The following tools are implemented in Big-AGI:

browse: loads web pages (URLs) and extracts information, using a correctly configured Tools > Browsing API
search: searches the web to produce page URLs, using a correctly configured Tools > Google Search (Google Programmable Search Engine) API
wikipedia: looks up information on Wikipedia pages
calculate: performs mathematical calculations by executing typescript code
- warning: (!) unsafe and dangerous, do not use for untrusted code/LLMs

An ephemeral space will show the AI's thought process and actions, showing all the steps taken.
The final answer will appear in the main chat.

Available Actions: Web searches, Wikipedia lookups, calculations, and optionally web browsing.

ReAct operates in isolation from the main chat history.
It will take longer than standard responses due to multiple steps.
Web searches and browsing may have privacy implications, and require tool configuration in the UI.
Errors or limitations in accessing external resources may affect results.
ReAct does not use the Tool or Function Calling feature of AI models, rather uses the old school approach of parsing and executing actions.