Spring Ai Chat Response Default System Text

The Sping Ai Chat Client is used multiple times in the code, so the good coding practice would be to create the Chat Client bean in one place and Autowired in required classes. it also helps Spring Framework to manage the bean and allows setting some default values which will be common for all uses. One such useful default property is Default System Text.

The Default System Text provides instructions to the AI Model on how to process and respond.

package com.example.springai.controller;

import org.springframework.ai.chat.client.ChatClient;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

@RestController
public class SpringAiController {
    @Autowired
    private ChatClient chatClient;

    @GetMapping("/defaultSystemText")
    String defaultSystemText() {
        String helloPrompt = "Hello, I am learning Ai with Spring";
        return this.chatClient.prompt().user(helloPrompt).call().content();
    }
}

package com.example.springai;

import org.springframework.ai.chat.client.ChatClient;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;

@SpringBootApplication
public class SpringAiApplication {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(SpringAiApplication.class, args);
    }

    @Bean
    ChatClient chatClient(ChatClient.Builder builder) {
        return builder.defaultSystem("You are a friendly chat bot that answers question in very detail with example.")
                .build();
    }
}

spring.application.name=SpringAi
spring.docker.compose.lifecycle-management=start-only
spring.threads.virtual.enabled=true
# The default Ollama Model in Spring Ai is mistral, but it can be changed by setting the property. use same model in entrypoint.sh file
#spring.ai.ollama.chat.options.model=llama3.1
# if Running the Ollama Docker Instance separately, then set this property
spring.docker.compose.enabled=false

services:
  ollama-model:
    image: ollama/ollama:latest
    container_name: ollama_container
    ports:
      - 11434:11434/tcp
    healthcheck:
      test: ollama --version || exit 1
    command: serve
    volumes:
      - ./ollama/ollama:/root/.ollama
      - ./entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh
    pull_policy: missing
    tty: true
    restart: no
    entrypoint: [ "/usr/bin/bash", "/entrypoint.sh" ]

  open-webui:
    image: ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main
    container_name: open_webui_container
    environment:
      WEBUI_AUTH: false
    ports:
      - "8081:8080"
    extra_hosts:
      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
    volumes:
      - open-webui:/app/backend/data
    restart: no

volumes:
  open-webui:

#!/bin/bash
# Start Ollama in the background.
/bin/ollama serve &
# Record Process ID.
pid=$!
# Pause for Ollama to start.
sleep 5
# The default Ollama Model in Spring Ai is mistral, but it can be changed in property file. Make sure to download the same Model here
echo "🔴 Retrieve LLAMA3 model..."
ollama pull mistral
echo "🟢 Done!"
# Wait for Ollama process to finish.
wait $pid

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>3.3.2</version>
        <relativePath/>
    </parent>
    <groupId>com.example.springai</groupId>
    <artifactId>default-system-text</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>Default System Text</name>
    <description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
    <properties>
        <java.version>21</java.version>
        <spring-ai.version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-ai.version>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-ai-ollama-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-docker-compose</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-ai-bom</artifactId>
                <version>${spring-ai.version}</version>
                <type>pom</type>
                <scope>import</scope>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <mainClass>com.example.springai.SpringAiApplication</mainClass>
                    <excludes>
                        <exclude>
                            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
                        </exclude>
                    </excludes>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>spring-milestones</id>
            <name>Spring Milestones</name>
            <url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>false</enabled>
            </snapshots>
        </repository>
        <repository>
            <id>spring-snapshots</id>
            <name>Spring Snapshots</name>
            <url>https://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
            <releases>
                <enabled>false</enabled>
            </releases>
        </repository>
    </repositories>
</project>

Run the curl to see the Spring Ai Chat Response Default System Text Response

curl --location 'http://localhost:8080/defaultSystemText'