chain_setup.py

import os
from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
from langchain.llms import LlamaCpp
from langchain.chains import ConversationalRetrievalChain
from langchain.memory import ConversationBufferMemory

def load_llm():
    """
    Downloads the Q4_K_M GGUF model from mobeidat's Hugging Face repository and loads it via llama-cpp.
    """
    # 1) Download the GGUF model from Hugging Face
    model_file = hf_hub_download(
       repo_id="bartowski/ALLaM-AI_ALLaM-7B-Instruct-preview-GGUF",
        filename="ALLaM-AI_ALLaM-7B-Instruct-preview-Q4_K_M.gguf",
        local_dir="./models",
        local_dir_use_symlinks=False
    )

    # 2) Load the model with llama-cpp via LangChain’s LlamaCpp
    llm = LlamaCpp(
        model_path=model_file,
        flash_attn=False,
        n_ctx=2048,  # or 4096 depending on your needs
        n_batch=512,  # or even 256 depending on your hardware
        chat_format='chatml'
    )

    return llm

def build_conversational_chain(vectorstore):
    """
    Creates a ConversationalRetrievalChain using the local llama-cpp-based LLM 
    and a ConversationBufferMemory for multi-turn Q&A.
    """
    llm = load_llm()

    # We'll store chat history in memory so the chain can handle multi-turn conversations
    memory = ConversationBufferMemory(
        memory_key="chat_history",
        return_messages=True
    )

    qa_chain = ConversationalRetrievalChain.from_llm(
        llm=llm,
        retriever=vectorstore.as_retriever(search_type="similarity", search_kwargs={"k": 5}),
        memory=memory,
        verbose=True
    )

    return qa_chain