""" This module implements the `CustomJSON` task, which allows for loading conversational data from a custom JSONL file. This is useful for fine-tuning the model on specific datasets, such as synthetic data for instilling a persona. Each line in the JSONL file should be a JSON array of message objects, where each object has a "role" and a "content" field. """ import os import json from .common import Task class CustomJSON(Task): """ Load conversations from a JSONL file. Each line should be a JSON array of message objects with 'role' and 'content' fields. Example line: [{"role":"user","content":"Hi"},{"role":"assistant","content":"Hello"}] """ def __init__(self, filepath, **kwargs): """ Initializes the CustomJSON task. Args: filepath (str): The path to the JSONL file. """ super().__init__(**kwargs) self.filepath = filepath self.conversations = [] # Load all conversations from the JSONL file if not os.path.exists(filepath): # Helpful error message due to recent change. Will be removed in the future. print("-" * 80) print(f"Warning: File {filepath} does not exist") print("HINT (Oct 21 2025)") print("If you recently did a git pull and suddely see this, it might be due to the new addition of identity conversations") print("See this discussion for more details: https://github.com/karpathy/nanochat/discussions/139") print("Quick fix: simply run the following command to download the file and you're done:") print(f"curl -L -o {filepath} https://karpathy-public.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/identity_conversations.jsonl") print("-" * 80) else: with open(filepath, 'r') as f: for line in f: line = line.strip() if not line: # skip empty lines continue messages = json.loads(line) # Validate the conversation structure assert isinstance(messages, list), f"Expected list of messages, got {type(messages)}" assert len(messages) >= 2, f"Conversation must have at least 2 messages, got {len(messages)}" # Validate message structure and alternating roles for i, message in enumerate(messages): assert "role" in message, f"Message {i} missing 'role' field" assert "content" in message, f"Message {i} missing 'content' field" expected_role = "user" if i % 2 == 0 else "assistant" assert message["role"] == expected_role, f"Message {i} has role {message['role']} but should be {expected_role}" assert isinstance(message["content"], str), f"Message {i} content must be a string" self.conversations.append(messages) self.length = len(self.conversations) def num_examples(self): """Returns the total number of conversations loaded from the file.""" return self.length def get_example(self, index): """ Retrieves a single conversation by its index. Args: index (int): The index of the conversation to retrieve. Returns: dict: A dictionary representing the conversation. """ messages = self.conversations[index] conversation = { "messages": messages, } return conversation