Bing Summariser Plugin

• Bing Summariser Plugin
  • Overview
  • Getting Started
    • Prerequisites
    • Configuration
    • Using local.settings.json
  • Running the plugin
  • Testing the plugin
  • Adding the plugin to the Chat Copilot application
  • Verify the plugin is working end to end

Overview

Plugin sample built using Semantic Kernel that summarises a given text from Bing Web Search. Tested with Semantic Kernel beta8!

This sample plugin uses the Bing Web Search API to search for a given text and summarise the results. It is adapted from the Bing Web Search sample plugin included in the Chat Copilot sample repository. It accomplishes this by using native and semantic functions to perform the following tasks:

1. Search for a given text using the Bing Web Search API.
2. Extract the top 'X' results from the search.
3. Summarise the results and present back to the end user.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code
• .NET 6
• Azure Functions Core Tools
• Install the recommended extensions
  • C#
  • Semantic Kernel Tools

Configuration

1. Open appsettings.json and configure the kernel and aiPlugin objects.

Configure an OpenAI endpoint

• Copy settings.json.openai-example to ./appsettings.json
• Edit the kernel object to add your OpenAI endpoint configuration
• Edit the aiPlugin object to define the properties that get exposed in the ai-plugin.json file

'OR'

Configure an Azure OpenAI endpoint

• Copy settings.json.azure-example to ./appsettings.json
• Edit the kernel object to add your Azure OpenAI endpoint configuration
• Edit the aiPlugin object to define the properties that get exposed in the ai-plugin.json file

Using local.settings.json

1. Copy local.settings.json.example to ./azure-function/local.settings.json
2. Edit the Values object to add your OpenAI endpoint configuration in the apiKey and BingApiKey properties

Running the plugin

To run the Azure Functions application just hit F5 from Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code.

To build and run the Azure Functions application from a terminal use the following commands:

cd azure-function
dotnet build
cd bin/Debug/net6.0
func host start  

Testing the plugin

Swagger is automatically included in the Azure Functions application. To access the Swagger UI, navigate to http://localhost:7071/swagger in your browser.

• Select the WebSearch function and click Try it out
• Enter a search term and click Execute The results will be displayed in the Response body section
• Copy and paste the results and run it against the BingSummariser function and click Try it out
• The results will be displayed in the Response body section

Adding the plugin to the Chat Copilot application

Run the Chat Copilot application. Click the Plugins link (top right corner) and enter the following details:

• Select Custom Plugin
• Select Add
• Enter your website domain: http://localhost:7071/TextSummarize and select Find manifest file
• In the Verify Plugin prompt, select Add Plugin
• The plugin will now be available in the Plugins list
• Enable the plugin by selecting the Enable button

Verify the plugin is working end to end

Once the plugin is added and enabled:

• Ask the following prompt to the chat window What is the latest sports news?
• The planner should show two steps, one for the Search step to search Bing and two TextSummarize step to summarize the results
• Select Yes to run the planner
• The results should be displayed in the chat window