fix(agent): Replace `PromptToolkit` with `click.prompt`

- Replace `session.prompt_async(..)` with `click.prompt(..)` in `clean_input` (autogpt/app/utils.py)
- Convert `clean_input` back to a synchronous function (and amend its usages accordingly)
- Remove `prompt-toolkit` dependency

This mitigates issues crashes in some shell environments on Windows.

6 files changed, 24 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/main.py b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/main.py
index 39524ee70..976ecfabf 100644
--- a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/main.py
+++ b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/main.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ async def run_auto_gpt(
             "Existing agents\n---------------\n"
             + "\n".join(f"{i} - {id}" for i, id in enumerate(existing_agents, 1))
         )
-        load_existing_agent = await clean_input(
+        load_existing_agent = clean_input(
             config,
             "Enter the number or name of the agent to run,"
             " or hit enter to create a new one:",
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ async def run_auto_gpt(
     if load_existing_agent:
         agent_state = None
         while True:
-            answer = await clean_input(config, "Resume? [Y/n]")
+            answer = clean_input(config, "Resume? [Y/n]")
             if answer == "" or answer.lower() == "y":
                 agent_state = agent_manager.load_agent_state(load_existing_agent)
                 break
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ async def run_auto_gpt(
             # Agent was resumed after `finish` -> rewrite result of `finish` action
             finish_reason = agent.event_history.current_episode.action.args["reason"]
             print(f"Agent previously self-terminated; reason: '{finish_reason}'")
-            new_assignment = await clean_input(
+            new_assignment = clean_input(
                 config, "Please give a follow-up question or assignment:"
             )
             agent.event_history.register_result(
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ async def run_auto_gpt(
     if not agent:
         task = ""
         while task.strip() == "":
-            task = await clean_input(
+            task = clean_input(
                 config,
                 "Enter the task that you want AutoGPT to execute,"
                 " with as much detail as possible:",
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ async def run_auto_gpt(
 
         # Allow user to Save As other ID
         save_as_id = (
-            await clean_input(
+            clean_input(
                 config,
                 f"Press enter to save as '{agent_id}',"
                 " or enter a different ID to save to:",
@@ -725,9 +725,9 @@ async def get_user_feedback(
     while user_feedback is None:
         # Get input from user
         if config.chat_messages_enabled:
-            console_input = await clean_input(config, "Waiting for your response...")
+            console_input = clean_input(config, "Waiting for your response...")
         else:
-            console_input = await clean_input(
+            console_input = clean_input(
                 config, Fore.MAGENTA + "Input:" + Style.RESET_ALL
             )
 
diff --git a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/setup.py b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/setup.py
index df4e9436c..94460e62f 100644
--- a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/setup.py
+++ b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/setup.py
@@ -69,20 +69,18 @@ async def interactively_revise_ai_settings(
         )
 
         if (
-            await clean_input(app_config, "Continue with these settings? [Y/n]")
+            clean_input(app_config, "Continue with these settings? [Y/n]").lower()
             or app_config.authorise_key
         ) == app_config.authorise_key:
             break
 
         # Ask for revised ai_profile
         ai_profile.ai_name = (
-            await clean_input(
-                app_config, "Enter AI name (or press enter to keep current):"
-            )
+            clean_input(app_config, "Enter AI name (or press enter to keep current):")
             or ai_profile.ai_name
         )
         ai_profile.ai_role = (
-            await clean_input(
+            clean_input(
                 app_config, "Enter new AI role (or press enter to keep current):"
             )
             or ai_profile.ai_role
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@ async def interactively_revise_ai_settings(
             constraint = directives.constraints[i]
             print_attribute(f"Constraint {i+1}:", f'"{constraint}"')
             new_constraint = (
-                await clean_input(
+                clean_input(
                     app_config,
                     f"Enter new constraint {i+1}"
                     " (press enter to keep current, or '-' to remove):",
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@ async def interactively_revise_ai_settings(
 
         # Add new constraints
         while True:
-            new_constraint = await clean_input(
+            new_constraint = clean_input(
                 app_config,
                 "Press enter to finish, or enter a constraint to add:",
             )
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ async def interactively_revise_ai_settings(
             resource = directives.resources[i]
             print_attribute(f"Resource {i+1}:", f'"{resource}"')
             new_resource = (
-                await clean_input(
+                clean_input(
                     app_config,
                     f"Enter new resource {i+1}"
                     " (press enter to keep current, or '-' to remove):",
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ async def interactively_revise_ai_settings(
 
         # Add new resources
         while True:
-            new_resource = await clean_input(
+            new_resource = clean_input(
                 app_config,
                 "Press enter to finish, or enter a resource to add:",
             )
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ async def interactively_revise_ai_settings(
             best_practice = directives.best_practices[i]
             print_attribute(f"Best Practice {i+1}:", f'"{best_practice}"')
             new_best_practice = (
-                await clean_input(
+                clean_input(
                     app_config,
                     f"Enter new best practice {i+1}"
                     " (press enter to keep current, or '-' to remove):",
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ async def interactively_revise_ai_settings(
 
         # Add new best practices
         while True:
-            new_best_practice = await clean_input(
+            new_best_practice = clean_input(
                 app_config,
                 "Press enter to finish, or add a best practice to add:",
             )
diff --git a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/utils.py b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/utils.py
index 3e986852b..49a1e2a44 100644
--- a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/utils.py
+++ b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/app/utils.py
@@ -7,20 +7,18 @@ import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+import click
 import requests
 from colorama import Fore, Style
 from git import InvalidGitRepositoryError, Repo
-from prompt_toolkit import ANSI, PromptSession
-from prompt_toolkit.history import InMemoryHistory
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from autogpt.config import Config
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-session = PromptSession(history=InMemoryHistory())
 
 
-async def clean_input(config: "Config", prompt: str = ""):
+def clean_input(config: "Config", prompt: str = ""):
     try:
         if config.chat_messages_enabled:
             for plugin in config.plugins:
@@ -53,11 +51,9 @@ async def clean_input(config: "Config", prompt: str = ""):
         # ask for input, default when just pressing Enter is y
         logger.debug("Asking user via keyboard...")
 
-        # handle_sigint must be set to False, so the signal handler in the
-        # autogpt/main.py could be employed properly. This referes to
-        # https://github.com/Significant-Gravitas/AutoGPT/pull/4799/files/3966cdfd694c2a80c0333823c3bc3da090f85ed3#r1264278776
-        answer = await session.prompt_async(ANSI(prompt + " "), handle_sigint=False)
-        return answer
+        return click.prompt(
+            text=prompt, prompt_suffix=" ", default="", show_default=False
+        )
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         logger.info("You interrupted AutoGPT")
         logger.info("Quitting...")
diff --git a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/commands/user_interaction.py b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/commands/user_interaction.py
index c53213c7f..bd4dd639c 100644
--- a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/commands/user_interaction.py
+++ b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/commands/user_interaction.py
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ COMMAND_CATEGORY_TITLE = "User Interaction"
 )
 async def ask_user(question: str, agent: Agent) -> str:
     print(f"\nQ: {question}")
-    resp = await clean_input(agent.legacy_config, "A:")
+    resp = clean_input(agent.legacy_config, "A:")
     return f"The user's answer: '{resp}'"
diff --git a/autogpts/autogpt/poetry.lock b/autogpts/autogpt/poetry.lock
index 176be5e63..6ee147a45 100644
--- a/autogpts/autogpt/poetry.lock
+++ b/autogpts/autogpt/poetry.lock
@@ -4589,7 +4589,7 @@ files = [
 name = "prompt-toolkit"
 version = "3.0.43"
 description = "Library for building powerful interactive command lines in Python"
-optional = false
+optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.7.0"
 files = [
     {file = "prompt_toolkit-3.0.43-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a11a29cb3bf0a28a387fe5122cdb649816a957cd9261dcedf8c9f1fef33eacf6"},
@@ -7248,4 +7248,4 @@ benchmark = ["agbenchmark"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "f693821e204aaf64d946ac45d7c0e447f02c2a3f173f939dac2fcc8e797a142f"
+content-hash = "a09e20daaf94e05457ded6a9989585cd37edf96a036c5f9e505f0b2456403a25"
diff --git a/autogpts/autogpt/pyproject.toml b/autogpts/autogpt/pyproject.toml
index 919e11018..ad138ee24 100644
--- a/autogpts/autogpt/pyproject.toml
+++ b/autogpts/autogpt/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ orjson = "^3.8.10"
 Pillow = "*"
 pinecone-client = "^2.2.1"
 playsound = "~1.2.2"
-prompt_toolkit = "^3.0.38"
 pydantic = "*"
 pylatexenc = "*"
 pypdf = "^3.1.0"