kibana/packages/kbn-test/jest_integration_node
Andrew Macri 3935548f36
[Security Solution] [Elastic AI Assistant] LangChain integration (experimental) (#164908)
## [Security Solution] [Elastic AI Assistant] LangChain integration (experimental)

This PR integrates [LangChain](https://www.langchain.com/) with the [Elastic AI Assistant](https://www.elastic.co/blog/introducing-elastic-ai-assistant) as an experimental, alternative execution path.

### How it works

- There are virtually no client side changes to the assistant, apart from a new branch in `x-pack/packages/kbn-elastic-assistant/impl/assistant/api.tsx` that chooses a path based on the value of the `assistantLangChain` flag:

```typescript
    const path = assistantLangChain
      ? `/internal/elastic_assistant/actions/connector/${apiConfig?.connectorId}/_execute`
      : `/api/actions/connector/${apiConfig?.connectorId}/_execute`;
```

Execution of the LangChain chain happens server-side. The new route still executes the request via the `connectorId` in the route, but the connector won't execute the request exactly as it was sent by the client. Instead, the connector will execute one (or more) prompts that are generated by LangChain.

Requests routed to `/internal/elastic_assistant/actions/connector/${apiConfig?.connectorId}/_execute` will be processed by a new Kibana plugin located in:

```
x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant
```

- Requests are processed in the `postActionsConnectorExecuteRoute` handler in `x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/routes/post_actions_connector_execute.ts`.

The `postActionsConnectorExecuteRoute` route handler:

1. Extracts the chat messages sent by the assistant
2. Converts the extracted messages to the format expected by LangChain
3. Passes the converted messages to `executeCustomLlmChain`

- The `executeCustomLlmChain` function in `x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/lib/langchain/execute_custom_llm_chain/index.ts`:

1. Splits the messages into `pastMessages` and `latestMessage`, where the latter contains only the last message sent by the user
2. Wraps the conversation history in the `BufferMemory` LangChain abstraction
3. Executes the chain, kicking it off with `latestMessage`

```typescript
  const llm = new ActionsClientLlm({ actions, connectorId, request });

  const pastMessages = langchainMessages.slice(0, -1); // all but the last message
  const latestMessage = langchainMessages.slice(-1); // the last message

  const memory = new BufferMemory({
    chatHistory: new ChatMessageHistory(pastMessages),
  });

  const chain = new ConversationChain({ llm, memory });

  await chain.call({ input: latestMessage[0].content }); // kick off the chain with the last message
};
```

- When LangChain executes the chain, it will invoke `ActionsClientLlm`'s `_call` function in `x-pack/plugins/elastic_assistant/server/lib/langchain/llm/actions_client_llm.ts` one or more times.

The `_call` function's signature is defined by LangChain:

```
async _call(prompt: string): Promise<string>
```

- The contents of `prompt` are completely determined by LangChain.
- The string returned by the promise is the "answer" from the LLM

The `ActionsClientLlm` extends LangChain's LLM interface:

```typescript
export class ActionsClientLlm extends LLM
```

This let's us do additional "work" in the `_call` function:

1. Create a new assistant message using the contents of the `prompt` (`string`) argument to `_call`
2. Create a request body in the format expected by the connector
3. Create an actions client from the authenticated request context
4. Execute the actions client with the request body
5. Save the raw response from the connector, because that's what the assistant expects
6. Return the result as a plain string, as per the contact of `_call`

## Desk testing

This experimental LangChain integration may NOT be enabled via a feature flag (yet).

Set

```typescript
assistantLangChain={true}
```

in `x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/app/app.tsx` to enable this experimental feature in development environments.
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