fix: empty assistant instruction by default (#855)

* fix: empty assistant instruction by default

* chore: there should be no error dialog for in-app update

electron/handlers/update.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ export function handleAppUpdates() {
 
   /* App Update Error */
   autoUpdater.on("error", (info: any) => {
-    dialog.showMessageBox({ message: info.message });
     WindowManager.instance.currentWindow?.webContents.send(
       "APP_UPDATE_ERROR",
       {}

extensions/assistant-extension/src/index.ts

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export default class JanAssistantExtension implements AssistantExtension {
       name: "Jan",
       description: "A default assistant that can use all downloaded models",
       model: "*",
-      instructions: "Your name is Jan.",
+      instructions: "",
       tools: undefined,
       file_ids: [],
       metadata: undefined,

web/hooks/useSendChatMessage.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export default function useSendChatMessage() {
     const messages: ChatCompletionMessage[] = [
       activeThread.assistants[0]?.instructions,
     ]
+      .filter((e) => e && e.trim() !== '')
       .map<ChatCompletionMessage>((instructions) => {
         const systemMessage: ChatCompletionMessage = {
           role: ChatCompletionRole.System,
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ export default function useSendChatMessage() {
     const messages: ChatCompletionMessage[] = [
       activeThread.assistants[0]?.instructions,
     ]
+      .filter((e) => e && e.trim() !== '')
       .map<ChatCompletionMessage>((instructions) => {
         const systemMessage: ChatCompletionMessage = {
           role: ChatCompletionRole.System,

web/screens/Chat/MessageToolbar/index.tsx

@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ import { twMerge } from 'tailwind-merge'
 
 import { toaster } from '@/containers/Toast'
 
+import useSendChatMessage from '@/hooks/useSendChatMessage'
+
 import { extensionManager } from '@/extension'
 import {
   deleteMessageAtom,
   getCurrentChatMessagesAtom,
 } from '@/helpers/atoms/ChatMessage.atom'
 import { activeThreadAtom } from '@/helpers/atoms/Conversation.atom'
-import useSendChatMessage from '@/hooks/useSendChatMessage'
 
 const MessageToolbar = ({ message }: { message: ThreadMessage }) => {
   const deleteMessage = useSetAtom(deleteMessageAtom)
@@ -82,12 +83,14 @@ const MessageToolbar = ({ message }: { message: ThreadMessage }) => {
         >
           <Copy size={14} />
         </div>
+        {message.status === MessageStatus.Ready && (
           <div
             className="cursor-pointer px-2 py-2 hover:bg-background/80"
             onClick={onDeleteClick}
           >
             <Trash2Icon size={14} />
           </div>
+        )}
       </div>
     </div>
   )