Feat/docling-support

docs/concepts/knowledge.mdx

@@ -79,6 +79,55 @@ crew = Crew(
 result = crew.kickoff(inputs={"question": "What city does John live in and how old is he?"})
 ```
 
+
+Here's another example with the `CrewDoclingSource`
+```python Code
+from crewai import LLM, Agent, Crew, Process, Task
+from crewai.knowledge.source.crew_docling_source import CrewDoclingSource
+
+# Create a knowledge source
+content_source = CrewDoclingSource(
+    file_paths=[
+        "https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2024-11-28-reward-hacking",
+        "https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2024-07-07-hallucination",
+    ],
+)
+
+# Create an LLM with a temperature of 0 to ensure deterministic outputs
+llm = LLM(model="gpt-4o-mini", temperature=0)
+
+# Create an agent with the knowledge store
+agent = Agent(
+    role="About papers",
+    goal="You know everything about the papers.",
+    backstory="""You are a master at understanding papers and their content.""",
+    verbose=True,
+    allow_delegation=False,
+    llm=llm,
+)
+task = Task(
+    description="Answer the following questions about the papers: {question}",
+    expected_output="An answer to the question.",
+    agent=agent,
+)
+
+crew = Crew(
+    agents=[agent],
+    tasks=[task],
+    verbose=True,
+    process=Process.sequential,
+    knowledge_sources=[
+        content_source
+    ],  # Enable knowledge by adding the sources here. You can also add more sources to the sources list.
+)
+
+result = crew.kickoff(
+    inputs={
+        "question": "What is the reward hacking paper about? Be sure to provide sources."
+    }
+)
+```
+
 ## Knowledge Configuration
 
 ### Chunking Configuration

pyproject.toml

@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ openpyxl = [
     "openpyxl>=3.1.5",
 ]
 mem0 = ["mem0ai>=0.1.29"]
+docling = [
+    "docling>=2.12.0",
+]
 
 [tool.uv]
 dev-dependencies = [

src/crewai/knowledge/source/base_file_knowledge_source.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, List, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
-from pydantic import Field
+from pydantic import Field, field_validator
 
 from crewai.knowledge.source.base_knowledge_source import BaseKnowledgeSource
 from crewai.knowledge.storage.knowledge_storage import KnowledgeStorage
@@ -14,25 +14,36 @@ class BaseFileKnowledgeSource(BaseKnowledgeSource, ABC):
     """Base class for knowledge sources that load content from files."""
 
     _logger: Logger = Logger(verbose=True)
-    file_path: Union[Path, List[Path], str, List[str]] = Field(
-        ..., description="The path to the file"
+    file_path: Optional[Union[Path, List[Path], str, List[str]]] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description="[Deprecated] The path to the file. Use file_paths instead.",
+    )
+    file_paths: Optional[Union[Path, List[Path], str, List[str]]] = Field(
+        default_factory=list, description="The path to the file"
     )
     content: Dict[Path, str] = Field(init=False, default_factory=dict)
     storage: KnowledgeStorage = Field(default_factory=KnowledgeStorage)
     safe_file_paths: List[Path] = Field(default_factory=list)
 
+    @field_validator("file_path", "file_paths", mode="before")
+    def validate_file_path(cls, v, values):
+        """Validate that at least one of file_path or file_paths is provided."""
+        if v is None and ("file_path" not in values or values.get("file_path") is None):
+            raise ValueError("Either file_path or file_paths must be provided")
+        return v
+
     def model_post_init(self, _):
         """Post-initialization method to load content."""
         self.safe_file_paths = self._process_file_paths()
-        self.validate_paths()
+        self.validate_content()
         self.content = self.load_content()
 
     @abstractmethod
     def load_content(self) -> Dict[Path, str]:
         """Load and preprocess file content. Should be overridden by subclasses. Assume that the file path is relative to the project root in the knowledge directory."""
         pass
 
-    def validate_paths(self):
+    def validate_content(self):
         """Validate the paths."""
         for path in self.safe_file_paths:
             if not path.exists():
@@ -59,13 +70,29 @@ def convert_to_path(self, path: Union[Path, str]) -> Path:
 
     def _process_file_paths(self) -> List[Path]:
         """Convert file_path to a list of Path objects."""
-        paths = (
-            [self.file_path]
-            if isinstance(self.file_path, (str, Path))
-            else self.file_path
-        )
 
-        if not isinstance(paths, list):
-            raise ValueError("file_path must be a Path, str, or a list of these types")
+        # Check if old file_path is being used
+        if hasattr(self, "file_path") and self.file_path is not None:
+            self._logger.log(
+                "warning",
+                "The 'file_path' attribute is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please use 'file_paths' instead.",
+                color="yellow",
+            )
+            paths = (
+                [self.file_path]
+                if isinstance(self.file_path, (str, Path))
+                else self.file_path
+            )
+        else:
+            if self.file_paths is None:
+                raise ValueError("Your source must be provided with a file_paths: []")
+            elif isinstance(self.file_paths, list) and len(self.file_paths) == 0:
+                raise ValueError("Empty file_paths are not allowed")
+            else:
+                paths = (
+                    [self.file_paths]
+                    if isinstance(self.file_paths, (str, Path))
+                    else self.file_paths
+                )
 
         return [self.convert_to_path(path) for path in paths]

src/crewai/knowledge/source/base_knowledge_source.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class BaseKnowledgeSource(BaseModel, ABC):
     collection_name: Optional[str] = Field(default=None)
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def load_content(self) -> Dict[Any, str]:
+    def validate_content(self) -> Any:
         """Load and preprocess content from the source."""
         pass
 

src/crewai/knowledge/source/crew_docling_source.py

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Iterator, List, Optional, Union
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+from docling.datamodel.base_models import InputFormat
+from docling.document_converter import DocumentConverter
+from docling.exceptions import ConversionError
+from docling_core.transforms.chunker.hierarchical_chunker import HierarchicalChunker
+from docling_core.types.doc.document import DoclingDocument
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from crewai.knowledge.source.base_knowledge_source import BaseKnowledgeSource
+from crewai.utilities.constants import KNOWLEDGE_DIRECTORY
+from crewai.utilities.logger import Logger
+
+
+class CrewDoclingSource(BaseKnowledgeSource):
+    """Default Source class for converting documents to markdown or json
+    This will auto support PDF, DOCX, and TXT, XLSX, Images, and HTML files without any additional dependencies and follows the docling package as the source of truth.
+    """
+
+    _logger: Logger = Logger(verbose=True)
+
+    file_path: Optional[List[Union[Path, str]]] = Field(default=None)
+    file_paths: List[Union[Path, str]] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    chunks: List[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    safe_file_paths: List[Union[Path, str]] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    content: List[DoclingDocument] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    document_converter: DocumentConverter = Field(
+        default_factory=lambda: DocumentConverter(
+            allowed_formats=[
+                InputFormat.MD,
+                InputFormat.ASCIIDOC,
+                InputFormat.PDF,
+                InputFormat.DOCX,
+                InputFormat.HTML,
+                InputFormat.IMAGE,
+                InputFormat.XLSX,
+                InputFormat.PPTX,
+            ]
+        )
+    )
+
+    def model_post_init(self, _) -> None:
+        if self.file_path:
+            self._logger.log(
+                "warning",
+                "The 'file_path' attribute is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please use 'file_paths' instead.",
+                color="yellow",
+            )
+            self.file_paths = self.file_path
+        self.safe_file_paths = self.validate_content()
+        self.content = self._load_content()
+
+    def _load_content(self) -> List[DoclingDocument]:
+        try:
+            return self._convert_source_to_docling_documents()
+        except ConversionError as e:
+            self._logger.log(
+                "error",
+                f"Error loading content: {e}. Supported formats: {self.document_converter.allowed_formats}",
+                "red",
+            )
+            raise e
+        except Exception as e:
+            self._logger.log("error", f"Error loading content: {e}")
+            raise e
+
+    def add(self) -> None:
+        if self.content is None:
+            return
+        for doc in self.content:
+            new_chunks_iterable = self._chunk_doc(doc)
+            self.chunks.extend(list(new_chunks_iterable))
+        self._save_documents()
+
+    def _convert_source_to_docling_documents(self) -> List[DoclingDocument]:
+        conv_results_iter = self.document_converter.convert_all(self.safe_file_paths)
+        return [result.document for result in conv_results_iter]
+
+    def _chunk_doc(self, doc: DoclingDocument) -> Iterator[str]:
+        chunker = HierarchicalChunker()
+        for chunk in chunker.chunk(doc):
+            yield chunk.text
+
+    def validate_content(self) -> List[Union[Path, str]]:
+        processed_paths: List[Union[Path, str]] = []
+        for path in self.file_paths:
+            if isinstance(path, str):
+                if path.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
+                    try:
+                        if self._validate_url(path):
+                            processed_paths.append(path)
+                        else:
+                            raise ValueError(f"Invalid URL format: {path}")
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        raise ValueError(f"Invalid URL: {path}. Error: {str(e)}")
+                else:
+                    local_path = Path(KNOWLEDGE_DIRECTORY + "/" + path)
+                    if local_path.exists():
+                        processed_paths.append(local_path)
+                    else:
+                        raise FileNotFoundError(f"File not found: {local_path}")
+            else:
+                # this is an instance of Path
+                processed_paths.append(path)
+        return processed_paths
+
+    def _validate_url(self, url: str) -> bool:
+        try:
+            result = urlparse(url)
+            return all(
+                [
+                    result.scheme in ("http", "https"),
+                    result.netloc,
+                    len(result.netloc.split(".")) >= 2,  # Ensure domain has TLD
+                ]
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            return False

src/crewai/knowledge/source/string_knowledge_source.py

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ class StringKnowledgeSource(BaseKnowledgeSource):
 
     def model_post_init(self, _):
         """Post-initialization method to validate content."""
-        self.load_content()
+        self.validate_content()
 
-    def load_content(self):
+    def validate_content(self):
         """Validate string content."""
         if not isinstance(self.content, str):
             raise ValueError("StringKnowledgeSource only accepts string content")