MeTTa handles reasoning and control flow; bridges handle everything that needs a library ecosystem.
LLM and embedding bridges.
| Function | Purpose |
|---|---|
useClaude(prompt) |
Call an Anthropic Claude model. Used when provider = Anthropic. |
useMiniMax(prompt) |
Call MiniMax. Used when provider = ASICloud (or similar routing). |
useAsi1(prompt) |
Call ASI1. Used when provider = ASIOne. |
useLocalEmbedding(str) |
Compute an embedding with a locally loaded model. Used when embeddingprovider = Local. |
initLocalEmbedding() |
Load the local embedding model once at startup. |
OpenAI calls go through MeTTa-side helpers (useGPT, useGPTEmbedding) that are defined elsewhere in the library but use the same LLM call pattern.
Remote agent bridge.
| Function | Purpose |
|---|---|
tavily_search(query) |
Forward a query to the remote Tavily search agent. |
technical_analysis(ticker) |
Forward a ticker to the remote technical analysis agent. |
Both use a fixed Agentverse address and return the remote agent's reply as a string. Add your own function following the same pattern — see tutorial-06-remote-agentverse-skills.md.
String and time utilities used by the loop.
| Function | Purpose |
|---|---|
balance_parentheses(str) |
Attempt to repair mismatched parentheses in LLM output before sread parses it. |
normalize_string(obj) |
Render a skill return value into a string safe to embed in the next prompt. |
around_time(ts, n) |
Backs (episodes ts) — returns n lines of memory/history.metta around ts. |
Prolog helpers imported via import_prolog_functions_from_file.
| Predicate | Purpose |
|---|---|
shell/2 |
Run a shell command and capture stdout. Rejects apostrophes. |
first_char/2 |
Return the first character of a string — used by the loop to detect whether the LLM produced a valid s-expression. |
- MeTTa to Python:
(py-call (module.function arg1 arg2 ...)). - MeTTa to Prolog:
(translatePredicate (predicate ...))for side-effecting predicates, or!(import_prolog_function name)to lift a Prolog function into MeTTa.
- reference-internals-loop.md — where these bridges are invoked.
- reference-internals-extension-points.md — where to add new bridges.