fix: AI system messages should always be at start of prompt

packages/xl-ai/package.json

@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@
     "email": "email dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ai-sdk/groq": "^1.2.9",
-    "@ai-sdk/mistral": "^1.2.8",
-    "@ai-sdk/openai": "^1.3.22",
-    "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible": "^0.2.14",
     "@blocknote/core": "0.31.2",
     "@blocknote/mantine": "0.31.2",
     "@blocknote/prosemirror-suggest-changes": "^0.1.3",
@@ -92,6 +88,11 @@
     "zustand": "^5.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@ai-sdk/groq": "^1.2.9",
+    "@ai-sdk/mistral": "^1.2.8",
+    "@ai-sdk/openai": "^1.3.22",
+    "@ai-sdk/openai-compatible": "^0.2.14",
+    "@ai-sdk/anthropic": "^1.2.12",
     "@mswjs/interceptors": "^0.37.5",
     "@types/diff": "^6.0.0",
     "@types/json-diff": "^1.0.3",

packages/xl-ai/src/api/LLMRequest.ts

@@ -166,7 +166,18 @@ export async function doLLMRequest(
   let previousMessages: CoreMessage[] | undefined = undefined;
 
   if (previousResponse) {
-    previousMessages = previousResponse.messages;
+    previousMessages = previousResponse.messages.map((m) => {
+      // Some models, like Gemini and Anthropic don't support mixing system and user messages.
+      // Therefore, we convert all user messages to system messages.
+      // (also see comment below on a possibly better approach that might also address this)
+      if (m.role === "user" && typeof m.content === "string") {
+        return {
+          role: "system",
+          content: `USER_MESSAGE: ${m.content}`,
+        };
+      }
+      return m;
+    });
     /*
     We currently insert these messages as "assistant" string messages.
     When using Tools, the "official" pattern for this is to use a "tool_result" message.

packages/xl-ai/src/api/formats/html-blocks/__snapshots__/htmlBlocks.test.ts/Add/__msw_snapshots__/anthropic.messages/claude-3-7-sonnet-latest (non-streaming)/Add heading (h1) and code block_1_4ed20a68d545bbcac0a6974406d9b1b1.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
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+  "request": {
+    "method": "POST",
+    "url": "https://localhost:3000/ai?provider=anthropic&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.anthropic.com%2Fv1%2Fmessages",
+    "body": "{\"model\":\"claude-3-7-sonnet-latest\",\"max_tokens\":4096,\"temperature\":0,\"system\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"You're manipulating a text document using HTML blocks. \\n        Make sure to follow the json schema provided. When referencing ids they MUST be EXACTLY the same (including the trailing $). \\n        List items are 1 block with 1 list item each, so block content `<ul><li>item1</li></ul>` is valid, but `<ul><li>item1</li><li>item2</li></ul>` is invalid. We'll merge them automatically.\\n        For code blocks, you can use the `data-language` attribute on a code block to specify the language.\\n        This is the document as an array of html blocks (the cursor is BETWEEN two blocks as indicated by cursor: true):\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"[{\\\"id\\\":\\\"ref1$\\\",\\\"block\\\":\\\"<p>Hello, world!</p>\\\"},{\\\"cursor\\\":true},{\\\"id\\\":\\\"ref2$\\\",\\\"block\\\":\\\"<p>How are you?</p>\\\"}]\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"First, determine what part of the document the user is talking about. You SHOULD probably take cursor info into account if needed.\\n       EXAMPLE: if user says \\\"below\\\" (without pointing to a specific part of the document) he / she probably indicates the block(s) after the cursor. \\n       EXAMPLE: If you want to insert content AT the cursor position (UNLESS indicated otherwise by the user), \\n       then you need `referenceId` to point to the block before the cursor with position `after` (or block below and `before`).\\n      \\n      Prefer updating existing blocks over removing and adding (but this also depends on the user's question).\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"The user asks you to do the following:\"}],\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"at the end of doc, add a h1 heading `Code` and a javascript code block with `console.log('hello world');`\"}]}],\"tools\":[{\"name\":\"json\",\"description\":\"Respond with a JSON object.\",\"input_schema\":{\"type\":\"object\",\"properties\":{\"operations\":{\"type\":\"array\",\"items\":{\"anyOf\":[{\"type\":\"object\",\"description\":\"Update a block\",\"properties\":{\"type\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"enum\":[\"update\"]},\"id\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"description\":\"id of block to update\"},\"block\":{\"$ref\":\"#/$defs/block\"}},\"required\":[\"type\",\"id\",\"block\"],\"additionalProperties\":false},{\"type\":\"object\",\"description\":\"Insert new blocks\",\"properties\":{\"type\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"enum\":[\"add\"]},\"referenceId\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"description\":\"MUST be an id of a block in the document\"},\"position\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"enum\":[\"before\",\"after\"],\"description\":\"`after` to add blocks AFTER (below) the block with `referenceId`, `before` to add the block BEFORE (above)\"},\"blocks\":{\"items\":{\"$ref\":\"#/$defs/block\"},\"type\":\"array\"}},\"required\":[\"type\",\"referenceId\",\"position\",\"blocks\"],\"additionalProperties\":false},{\"type\":\"object\",\"description\":\"Delete a block\",\"properties\":{\"type\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"enum\":[\"delete\"]},\"id\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"description\":\"id of block to delete\"}},\"required\":[\"type\",\"id\"],\"additionalProperties\":false}]}}},\"additionalProperties\":false,\"required\":[\"operations\"],\"$defs\":{\"block\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"description\":\"html of block (MUST be a single HTML element)\"}}}}],\"tool_choice\":{\"type\":\"tool\",\"name\":\"json\"}}",
+    "headers": [],
+    "cookies": []
+  },
+  "response": {
+    "status": 200,
+    "statusText": "",
+    "body": "{\"id\":\"msg_01CvNNDGkyfR1VeWv4sjCDQe\",\"type\":\"message\",\"role\":\"assistant\",\"model\":\"claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"tool_use\",\"id\":\"toolu_01Sfb6t2T6NaHwLGw71Xk6iA\",\"name\":\"json\",\"input\":{\"operations\":[{\"type\":\"add\",\"referenceId\":\"ref2$\",\"position\":\"after\",\"blocks\":[\"<h1>Code</h1>\",\"<pre><code data-language=\\\"javascript\\\">console.log('hello world');</code></pre>\"]}]}}],\"stop_reason\":\"tool_use\",\"stop_sequence\":null,\"usage\":{\"input_tokens\":1141,\"cache_creation_input_tokens\":0,\"cache_read_input_tokens\":0,\"output_tokens\":115,\"service_tier\":\"standard\"}}",
+    "headers": []
+  }
+}

packages/xl-ai/src/api/formats/html-blocks/__snapshots__/htmlBlocks.test.ts/Add/__msw_snapshots__/anthropic.messages/claude-3-7-sonnet-latest (non-streaming)/add a list (end)_1_a8c0f5688c447808ea40e16816bc9d88.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
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+    "method": "POST",
+    "url": "https://localhost:3000/ai?provider=anthropic&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.anthropic.com%2Fv1%2Fmessages",
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+    "headers": [],
+    "cookies": []
+  },
+  "response": {
+    "status": 200,
+    "statusText": "",
+    "body": "{\"id\":\"msg_01CRWHfETGzBRnoYeagKsc7Q\",\"type\":\"message\",\"role\":\"assistant\",\"model\":\"claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"tool_use\",\"id\":\"toolu_0119L1JcnPAWnLHFoeLMkQA1\",\"name\":\"json\",\"input\":{\"operations\":[{\"type\":\"add\",\"referenceId\":\"ref2$\",\"position\":\"after\",\"blocks\":[\"<ul><li>Apples</li></ul>\",\"<ul><li>Bananas</li></ul>\"]}]}}],\"stop_reason\":\"tool_use\",\"stop_sequence\":null,\"usage\":{\"input_tokens\":1134,\"cache_creation_input_tokens\":0,\"cache_read_input_tokens\":0,\"output_tokens\":103,\"service_tier\":\"standard\"}}",
+    "headers": []
+  }
+}

packages/xl-ai/src/api/formats/html-blocks/__snapshots__/htmlBlocks.test.ts/Add/__msw_snapshots__/anthropic.messages/claude-3-7-sonnet-latest (non-streaming)/add a new paragraph (empty doc)_1_4200cbf42b5dd56e2fb7c1dc4c0e5c95.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
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+    "method": "POST",
+    "url": "https://localhost:3000/ai?provider=anthropic&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.anthropic.com%2Fv1%2Fmessages",
+    "body": "{\"model\":\"claude-3-7-sonnet-latest\",\"max_tokens\":4096,\"temperature\":0,\"system\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"You're manipulating a text document using HTML blocks. \\n        Make sure to follow the json schema provided. When referencing ids they MUST be EXACTLY the same (including the trailing $). \\n        List items are 1 block with 1 list item each, so block content `<ul><li>item1</li></ul>` is valid, but `<ul><li>item1</li><li>item2</li></ul>` is invalid. We'll merge them automatically.\\n        For code blocks, you can use the `data-language` attribute on a code block to specify the language.\\n        This is the document as an array of html blocks (the cursor is BETWEEN two blocks as indicated by cursor: true):\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"[{\\\"id\\\":\\\"ref1$\\\",\\\"block\\\":\\\"<p></p>\\\"},{\\\"cursor\\\":true}]\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"First, determine what part of the document the user is talking about. You SHOULD probably take cursor info into account if needed.\\n       EXAMPLE: if user says \\\"below\\\" (without pointing to a specific part of the document) he / she probably indicates the block(s) after the cursor. \\n       EXAMPLE: If you want to insert content AT the cursor position (UNLESS indicated otherwise by the user), \\n       then you need `referenceId` to point to the block before the cursor with position `after` (or block below and `before`).\\n      \\n      Because the document is empty, first update the empty block before adding new blocks.\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"The user asks you to do the following:\"}],\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"write a new paragraph with the text 'You look great today!'\"}]}],\"tools\":[{\"name\":\"json\",\"description\":\"Respond with a JSON object.\",\"input_schema\":{\"type\":\"object\",\"properties\":{\"operations\":{\"type\":\"array\",\"items\":{\"anyOf\":[{\"type\":\"object\",\"description\":\"Update a block\",\"properties\":{\"type\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"enum\":[\"update\"]},\"id\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"description\":\"id of block to update\"},\"block\":{\"$ref\":\"#/$defs/block\"}},\"required\":[\"type\",\"id\",\"block\"],\"additionalProperties\":false},{\"type\":\"object\",\"description\":\"Insert new blocks\",\"properties\":{\"type\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"enum\":[\"add\"]},\"referenceId\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"description\":\"MUST be an id of a block in the document\"},\"position\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"enum\":[\"before\",\"after\"],\"description\":\"`after` to add blocks AFTER (below) the block with `referenceId`, `before` to add the block BEFORE (above)\"},\"blocks\":{\"items\":{\"$ref\":\"#/$defs/block\"},\"type\":\"array\"}},\"required\":[\"type\",\"referenceId\",\"position\",\"blocks\"],\"additionalProperties\":false},{\"type\":\"object\",\"description\":\"Delete a block\",\"properties\":{\"type\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"enum\":[\"delete\"]},\"id\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"description\":\"id of block to delete\"}},\"required\":[\"type\",\"id\"],\"additionalProperties\":false}]}}},\"additionalProperties\":false,\"required\":[\"operations\"],\"$defs\":{\"block\":{\"type\":\"string\",\"description\":\"html of block (MUST be a single HTML element)\"}}}}],\"tool_choice\":{\"type\":\"tool\",\"name\":\"json\"}}",
+    "headers": [],
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+  },
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+    "headers": []
+  }
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packages/xl-ai/src/api/formats/html-blocks/__snapshots__/htmlBlocks.test.ts/Add/__msw_snapshots__/anthropic.messages/claude-3-7-sonnet-latest (non-streaming)/add a new paragraph (end)_1_3cecc2859589d59d7b2a73b271a02ebb.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
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+  "request": {
+    "method": "POST",
+    "url": "https://localhost:3000/ai?provider=anthropic&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.anthropic.com%2Fv1%2Fmessages",
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