Options used by the gander package — gander

The gander package makes use of a few notable user-facing options.

Choosing models

gander uses the .gander_fn and .gander_args options to configure which model powers the addin. .gander_fn is the name of an ellmer chat_*() function as a string, and .gander_args is a list of arguments to pass to that function. For example, to use OpenAI's GPT-4o-mini, you might write:

options(
  .gander_fn = "chat_openai",
  .gander_args = list(model = "gpt-4o-mini")
)

Paste that code in your .Rprofile via usethis::edit_r_profile() to always use the same model every time you start an R session.

Style/taste

By default, gander responses use the following style conventions: "Use tidyverse style and, when relevant, tidyverse packages. For example, when asked to plot something, use ggplot2, or when asked to transform data, using dplyr and/or tidyr unless explicitly instructed otherwise. " Set the .gander_style option to some other string to tailor responses to your own taste, e.g.:

options(.gander_style = "Use base R.")

Paste that code in your .Rprofile via usethis::edit_r_profile() to always use the same style (or even always begin with some base set of knowledge about frameworks you work with often) every time you start an R session.