Threads
Learn how to load chat messages and threads within the CopilotKit framework.
LangGraph supports threads, a way to group messages together and ultimately maintain a continuous chat history. CopilotKit provides a few different ways to interact with this concept.
This guide assumes you have already gone through the quickstart guide.
Loading an Existing Thread#
To load an existing thread in CopilotKit, you can simply set the threadId property on <CopilotKit> like so.
When using LangGraph platform, the
threadId must be a UUID.{
}
<CopilotKit threadId="37aa68d0-d15b-45ae-afc1-0ba6c3e11353">
<YourApp />
</CopilotKit>;Dynamically Switching Threads#
You can also make the threadId dynamic. Once it is set, CopilotKit will load the previous messages for that thread.
const Page = () => {
const [threadId, setThreadId] = useState("af2fa5a4-36bd-4e02-9b55-2580ab584f89");
return (
<CopilotKit threadId={threadId}>
<YourApp setThreadId={setThreadId} />
</CopilotKit>
)
}
const YourApp = ({ setThreadId }) => {
return (
<Button onClick={() => setThreadId("679e8da5-ee9b-41b1-941b-80e0cc73a008")}>
Change Thread
</Button>
)
}Using setThreadId#
CopilotKit will also return the current threadId and a setThreadId function from the useCopilotContext hook. You can use setThreadId to change the threadId.
const ChangeThreadButton = () => {
const { threadId, setThreadId } = useCopilotContext();
return (
<Button onClick={() => setThreadId("d73c22f3-1f8e-4a93-99db-5c986068d64f")}>
Change Thread
</Button>
)
}