[Chat]: Remember model and empty state

apps/www/src/components/ModelCards.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { Model } from "@/types";
 import React from "react";
+import { BackgroundCard } from "./cards/BackgroundCard";
 
 type ModelCardsProps = {
   models: Model[];
@@ -9,21 +10,14 @@ export const ModelCards: React.FC<ModelCardsProps> = ({ models }) => {
   return (
     <div className="mt-12 grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3">
       {models.map((model, index) => (
-        <div
-          key={index}
-          className="bg-background group relative overflow-hidden rounded-2xl border p-5 md:p-8"
-        >
-          <div
-            aria-hidden="true"
-            className="absolute inset-0 aspect-video -translate-y-1/2 rounded-full border bg-gradient-to-b from-purple-500/80 to-white opacity-25 blur-2xl duration-300 group-hover:-translate-y-1/4 dark:from-white dark:to-white dark:opacity-5 dark:group-hover:opacity-10"
-          />
+        <BackgroundCard key={index}>
           <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4">
             <div className="border-border relative flex size-12 rounded-2xl border shadow-sm *:relative *:m-auto *:size-6">
               {model.logo}
             </div>
             <p className="text-lg font-semibold">{model.title}</p>
           </div>
-        </div>
+        </BackgroundCard>
       ))}
     </div>
   );

apps/www/src/components/cards/BackgroundCard.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+import React from "react";
+
+export const BackgroundCard = React.forwardRef<
+  HTMLDivElement,
+  React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>
+>(({ className, children, ...props }, ref) => {
+  return (
+    <div
+      ref={ref}
+      {...props}
+      className={cn(
+        "bg-background group relative overflow-hidden rounded-2xl border p-5 md:p-8",
+        className,
+      )}
+    >
+      <div
+        aria-hidden="true"
+        className="absolute inset-0 aspect-video -translate-y-1/2 rounded-full border bg-gradient-to-b from-purple-500/80 to-white opacity-25 blur-2xl duration-300 group-hover:-translate-y-1/4 dark:from-white dark:to-white dark:opacity-5 dark:group-hover:opacity-10"
+      />
+      {children}
+    </div>
+  );
+});
+
+BackgroundCard.displayName = "BackgroundCard";

apps/www/src/components/Chat.tsx → apps/www/src/components/chat/Chat.tsx

@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ import * as R from "remeda";
 import {
   AutosizeTextarea,
   type AutosizeTextAreaRef,
-} from "./ui/custom/AutosizeTextarea";
+} from "../ui/custom/AutosizeTextarea";
+import { EmptyState } from "./EmptyState";
 
 const IS_SERVER = typeof window === "undefined";
 const CHAT_OPENAI_API_KEY = "CHAT_OPENAI_API_KEY";
+const LAST_MODEL = "LAST_MODEL";
 const CHAT_GPT_MODELS = ["gpt-3.5-turbo", "gpt-4-turbo", "gpt-4o"];
 
 const CONTAINER_CLASSES = "mx-auto max-w-2xl container";
@@ -56,14 +58,15 @@ const ChatMessage: React.FC<{
 };
 
 export const Chat = () => {
+  const submitButtonRef = React.useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
   const messagesDivRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const messageTextAreaRef = React.useRef<AutosizeTextAreaRef>(null);
   const storage = !IS_SERVER ? window.localStorage : null;
   const [currentApiKey, setCurrentApiKey] = React.useState<string>(
     storage?.getItem(CHAT_OPENAI_API_KEY) ?? "",
   );
   const [selectedChatGptModel, setSelectedChatGptModel] =
-    React.useState<string>(CHAT_GPT_MODELS[0]);
+    React.useState<string>(storage?.getItem(LAST_MODEL) ?? CHAT_GPT_MODELS[0]);
   const [systemMessage, setSystemMessage] = React.useState<string>("");
   const [missingApiKey, setMissingApiKey] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
   const [error, setError] = React.useState<Error>();
@@ -113,9 +116,11 @@ export const Chat = () => {
   const handleUpdateChatGptModel = (value: string) => {
     setMissingApiKey(false);
     setSelectedChatGptModel(value);
+    storage?.setItem(LAST_MODEL, value);
   };
 
   const onSubmit = (e: React.FormEvent) => {
+    console.log("zzz subbmitting");
     if (
       currentApiKey.length === 0 &&
       selectedChatGptModel != CHAT_GPT_MODELS[0]
@@ -194,7 +199,23 @@ export const Chat = () => {
           className="flex flex-1 flex-col-reverse overflow-y-auto pt-4 pb-3"
         >
           {/* This div takes up all the remaining space so the messages start at the top */}
-          <div className="flex flex-1 flex-col" />{" "}
+          <div className={`flex flex-1 flex-col justify-center`}>
+            {messages.length <= 1 && (
+              <EmptyState
+                onExampleClick={(example) => {
+                  setSystemMessage(example.systemPrompt);
+                  if (example.userPrompt) {
+                    handleInputChange({
+                      target: { value: example.userPrompt },
+                    } as React.ChangeEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>);
+                    if (submitButtonRef?.current) {
+                      setTimeout(() => submitButtonRef?.current?.click(), 1);
+                    }
+                  }
+                }}
+              />
+            )}
+          </div>
           {reversedMessagesWithoutSystem.map((message, index) => {
             const { role } = message;
             const isStreamFinished =
@@ -268,6 +289,7 @@ export const Chat = () => {
               className="focus-visible:ring-0 pr-0 resize-none bg-transparent focus-within:outline-none sm:text-base border-none"
             />
             <Button
+              ref={submitButtonRef}
               disabled={isLoading || !input}
               className="self-end"
               onClick={onSubmit}

apps/www/src/components/chat/EmptyState.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { BackgroundCard } from "../cards/BackgroundCard";
+
+type Example = {
+  systemPrompt: string;
+  userPrompt?: string;
+  description: string;
+};
+const examples: Example[] = [
+  {
+    systemPrompt: "You speak like a pirate when responding.",
+    description: "🏴‍☠️ Pirate",
+  },
+  {
+    systemPrompt: `You reply with buttons like this: ⦅buttons;Star ⭐;Confetti 🎉⦆
+
+button replies must always start with ⦅buttons; exactly
+
+You constantly fish for github stars using the button (which explodes stars of the screen) for https://github.com/llm-ui-kit/llm-ui, whilst being charming and funny, like the libraries author Richard Gill.`,
+    userPrompt: "How can I help out llm-ui?",
+    description: "Star ⭐ buttons",
+  },
+];
+
+const Example: React.FC<{
+  example: Example;
+  onClick: (example: Example) => void;
+}> = ({ example, onClick }) => {
+  return (
+    <BackgroundCard
+      onClick={() => onClick(example)}
+      className="hover:cursor-pointer text-center "
+    >
+      {example.description}
+    </BackgroundCard>
+  );
+};
+
+type EmptyStateProps = {
+  onExampleClick: (example: Example) => void;
+};
+
+export const EmptyState: React.FC<EmptyStateProps> = ({ onExampleClick }) => (
+  <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-6 mx-auto max-w-4xl container">
+    {examples.map((example, index) => {
+      return <Example key={index} example={example} onClick={onExampleClick} />;
+    })}
+  </div>
+);

apps/www/src/pages/chat.astro

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 import MainLayoutFullScreen from "@/layouts/MainLayoutFullScreen.astro";
-import { Chat as ChatComponent } from "@/components/Chat";
+import { Chat as ChatComponent } from "@/components/chat/Chat";
 ---
 
 <MainLayoutFullScreen title="Chat">