Enum Role

pub enum Role {
    System,
    Developer,
    User,
    Assistant,
    Tool,
}

Message role in a conversation

Specifies who or what is sending a message in a chat completion. Different roles have different behaviors and restrictions.

Examples

use openrouter_rs::types::Role;
use openrouter_rs::api::chat::Message;

let system_msg = Message::new(Role::System, "You are a helpful assistant");
let user_msg = Message::new(Role::User, "Hello, world!");
let assistant_msg = Message::new(Role::Assistant, "Hello! How can I help?");

Variants

System

System instructions that guide the AI’s behavior

Developer

Developer/admin context (provider-specific)

User

User input or questions

Assistant

AI assistant responses

Tool

Results from tool/function calls

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for Role

fn clone(&self) -> Role

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for Role

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Role

fn deserialize<__D>(__deserializer: __D) -> Result<Self, __D::Error>

where __D: Deserializer<'de>,

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl Display for Role

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Serialize for Role

fn serialize<__S>(&self, __serializer: __S) -> Result<__S::Ok, __S::Error>

where __S: Serializer,

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.