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elliottlawson/converse
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A Laravel package for storing and managing AI conversation history in your applications

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Converse - AI Conversation Management for Laravel
=================================================

[](#converse---ai-conversation-management-for-laravel)

**AI SDKs are great at sending messages, but terrible at having conversations.**

Converse makes AI conversations flow as naturally as Eloquent makes database queries. Instead of manually managing message arrays and context for every API call, you just write `$conversation->addUserMessage('Hello')`. The entire conversation history, context management, and message formatting is handled automatically.

📚 Documentation
---------------

[](#-documentation)

**[View the full documentation](https://converse-php.netlify.app)** - Comprehensive guides, API reference, and examples.

The Difference
--------------

[](#the-difference)

Without Converse, every API call means manually rebuilding context:

```
// Manually track every message 😫
$messages = [
    ['role' => 'system', 'content' => $systemPrompt],
    ['role' => 'user', 'content' => $oldMessage1],
    ['role' => 'assistant', 'content' => $oldResponse1],
    ['role' => 'user', 'content' => $oldMessage2],
    ['role' => 'assistant', 'content' => $oldResponse2],
    ['role' => 'user', 'content' => $newMessage],
];

// Send to API
$response = $client->chat()->create(['messages' => $messages]);

// Now figure out how to save everything...
```

With Converse, conversations just flow:

```
// Context is automatic ✨
$conversation->addUserMessage($newMessage);

// Your AI call gets the full context
$response = $aiClient->chat([
    'messages' => $conversation->messages->toArray()
]);

// Store the response
$conversation->addAssistantMessage($response->content);
```

That's it. **It's the difference between sending messages and actually having a conversation.**

Features
--------

[](#features)

- 💾 **Database-Backed Persistence** - Conversations survive page reloads and server restarts
- 🔌 **Provider Agnostic** - Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or any LLM
- 🌊 **Streaming Made Simple** - Automatic message chunking and progress tracking
- 🧠 **Automatic Context Management** - Stop rebuilding message arrays for every API call
- 📡 **Built-in Events** - Track usage, build analytics, react to AI interactions
- 🏗️ **Laravel Native** - Built with Eloquent, events, and broadcasting

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require elliottlawson/converse
```

Run the migrations:

```
php artisan migrate
```

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

Add the trait to your User model:

```
use ElliottLawson\Converse\Traits\HasAIConversations;

class User extends Model
{
    use HasAIConversations;
}
```

Start having conversations:

```
// Build the conversation context
$conversation = $user->startConversation(['title' => 'My Chat'])
    ->addSystemMessage('You are a helpful assistant')
    ->addUserMessage('Hello! What is Laravel?');

// Make your API call to OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.
$response = $yourAiClient->chat([
    'messages' => $conversation->messages->toArray(),
    // ... other AI configuration
]);

// Store the AI's response
$conversation->addAssistantMessage($response->content);
```

Looking for an AI Client?
-------------------------

[](#looking-for-an-ai-client)

Using [Prism](https://github.com/prism-php/prism)? Try out [Converse-Prism](https://github.com/elliottlawson/converse-prism) - a seamless integration that combines Prism's elegant AI client with Converse's conversation management.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.2+
- Laravel 11+

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance42

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

7

Last Release

338d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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