Update app.py

app.py

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ def format_prompt(message, history):
   prompt += f"[INST] {message} [/INST]"
   return prompt
 
+STARTER_HISTORY = [
+    ("hello there BibleAI", "Greetings! I am BibleAI, here to answer your questions about Christianity.")
+]
+
 def generate(prompt, history, temperature=0.9, max_new_tokens=2048, top_p=0.95, repetition_penalty=1.0):
     temperature = float(temperature)
     if temperature < 1e-2:
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ customCSS = """
 with gr.Blocks(theme=gr.themes.Soft()) as demo:
     gr.ChatInterface(
         generate,
-        placeholder="hello there BibleAI",
+        history=STARTER_HISTORY,
         additional_inputs=additional_inputs,
     )