ImportError: cannot import name 'AssistantAgent' from 'autogen'

[CzzzzzzJ]

$ python test/twoagent.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "D:\workspace\luan\autogen\test\twoagent.py", line 1, in from autogen import AssistantAgent, UserProxyAgent, config_list_from_json ImportError: cannot import name 'AssistantAgent' from 'autogen' (C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\autogen__init__.py)

Yesterday it worked fine, but today it runs and shows this error.

[afourney]

This can happen if there is a file named autogen.py in your current folder. Can you confirm that you do not have any files or folders named autogen in the directory where you are working?

[zepef]

Same thing Bro:

teachable_agent = atg.TeachableAgent( name="teachableagent", llm_config=llm_config, teach_config={ "reset_db": False, # Use True to force-reset the memo DB, and False to use an existing DB. "path_to_db_dir": "./tmp/interactive/teachable_agent_db" # Can be any path. } )

user = atg.UserProxyAgent("user", human_input_mode="ALWAYS")

GIVES >>>

Traceback (most recent call last): File "f:\Trials\autoloc\app.py", line 17, in teachable_agent = atg.TeachableAgent( AttributeError: module 'autogen' has no attribute 'TeachableAgent'

[zepef]

Maybe a python version issue?

[zepef]

Uninstalling and reinstalling worked for me. I noticed I did not have to specifically mention [teachable] to have it installed.

[rickyloynd-microsoft]

Looks like this is resolved.

[yhygta]

Maybe you have installed "pip install autogen" NOT "pip install pyautogen"

[hyp9h]

I used 'pip install autogen' by mistake,uninstalling autogen and autopep8 worked for me

[yaJannik]

Was running into the same problem. Maybe highlight this in the installation documentation.

[afourney]

I believe I approved a documentation PR yesterday that adds this to the FAQ. Hopefully merged soon (if not already)

[teachable-david]

I uninstalled autogen and autopep8, and upgraded pyautogen, and the error became:

ImportError: cannot import name 'UserProxyAgent' from 'autogen' (unknown location)

[teachable-david]

copied the basic autogen script from this video by @tylerprogramming and am getting this error:

AttributeError: module 'autogen' has no attribute 'config_list_from_json'

[tylerprogramming]

copied the basic autogen script from this video by @tylerprogramming and am getting this error:

AttributeError: module 'autogen' has no attribute 'config_list_from_json'

Hey @teachable-david, I can try to help you! Thanks for watching the video, but I guess the first thing (if you haven't already) is to try to pip uninstall autogen, and then pip install pyautogen

I see you tried above from reading more comments, but since it can't find the library from what it seems, try the below two ways it may work:

If you have already tried that, I don't know exactly why this has worked for me, but remove the import, and then re-type it. Sometimes it then was able to find the library for use.

Also try a brand new project and pip install pyautogen, and see if the IDE recognizes autogen.config_list_from_json

Let me know and I can try to help more

[teachable-david]

Thanks for the reply @tylerprogramming! I followed the pip installation suggestions. I also installed Visual Studio since I'd been working in VS Code and I learned that doesn't allow project creation. I've started a new project in Visual Studio and copied the code into it from your video. I also followed the instructions in the terminal to add a folder location to my path/environment variables. But when I run the autogen script, I still see the error, "no module named autogen."

In this thread it's also suggested that pyautogen is the issue, but I have upgraded it and uninstalled autogen. I have had success with AutoGen in the past without using a Python environment, so I don't expect that to be the issue. However, since I'm currently stumped, I will probably create a venv and start the project again in it. I'll try anything else that you think might help. Thanks again!

[Aqq-Ubemm]

Maybe you have installed "pip install autogen" NOT "pip install pyautogen" i try this kind of method, its solved

[WUHAN563]

Thanks for the reply @tylerprogramming! I followed the pip installation suggestions. I also installed Visual Studio since I'd been working in VS Code and I learned that doesn't allow project creation. I've started a new project in Visual Studio and copied the code into it from your video. I also followed the instructions in the terminal to add a folder location to my path/environment variables. But when I run the autogen script, I still see the error, "no module named autogen."

In this thread it's also suggested that pyautogen is the issue, but I have upgraded it and uninstalled autogen. I have had success with AutoGen in the past without using a Python environment, so I don't expect that to be the issue. However, since I'm currently stumped, I will probably create a venv and start the project again in it. I'll try anything else that you think might help. Thanks again!

Before creating a new environment, please clean cache for both conda and pip. conda clean --all pip cache purge

[nise]

Tried this in notebook:

!pip cache purge
!pip uninstall pyautogen -y
!pip uninstall autogen -y
!pip install pyautogen

from autogen import ConversableAgent, UserProxyAgent

def main():
    assistant = ConversableAgent("agent", llm_config={"config_list": config_list})
    user_proxy = UserProxyAgent("user", code_execution_config=False)
    assistant.initiate_chat(user_proxy, message="How can I help you today?")
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

It still results in: ImportError: cannot import name 'ConversableAgent' from 'autogen' (unknown location)

[gops-sukumar]

By doing all the above, I am able to import other agents like UserProxyAgent, but not TeachableAgent. What could be the issue?

[tylerprogramming]

@gops-sukumar Hey, so just checking and I don't see the TeachableAgent as part of the autogen code. That's why it cannot import it. It's been a while since I've used it, but it seems they either removed it completely.

I think they re-vamped it. Looking through, they have a 'teachability' in the contributions section. What this does, is create a teachable agent in the class, but REALLY it's just a 'conversableagent'. They modify how it behaves.

https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/blob/6c9d9d8cc3a2d394f699ac9436612d55ad4acf13/autogen/agentchat/contrib/capabilities/teachability.py#L58

Example: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/blob/6c9d9d8cc3a2d394f699ac9436612d55ad4acf13/notebook/agentchat_teachable_oai_assistants.ipynb#L16