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Struggling with predefined functions in group chat.

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[LittleLittleCloud (maintainer)]: ## Why predefined function call doesn't work in group chat The predefined function doesn't work in group chat because in autogen, a `function_call` is not immediately triggered after it's being proposed. Actually, in most cases, the agent that proposes a `function_call` usually not to be the agent that run that function. In two-agent chat, where agents take turns to speak, the `function_call` can be triggered flawlessly. Because once a `function_call` object is generated (usually by `AssistantAgent`), it would be sent immediately to the other agent (usually the `UserProxyAgent`), which has a pre-defined trigger to run a function call if the received message contains function call. While in group chat, where a dynamic chat flow applies, the original trigger way for `function_call` doesn't w

Context: GitHub issue microsoft/autogen#152 (closed, 22 comments): I want to have LLM's access to predefined functions. I've written those functions, and it works when there's no group chat. `llm_config = { "functions": [ { "name": "write_to_file", "description": "Use this function to write content to a file", "parameters": { "type": "object", "properties": { "filename": { "type": "string", "description": "The filename to write to", }, "content": { "type": "string", "description": "The content to write", } }, "required": ["filename", "content"], }, }, { "name": "read_from_file", "description": "Use this function to read the content of a file", "parameters": {

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