Sketch: A Toolkit for Streamlining LLM Operations
This toolkit aims to make LLMs more accessible and easier to use for various applications, though it is incremental as it builds on existing models and methods.
The authors tackled the challenge of controlling and harnessing the flexible output formats of large language models (LLMs) by developing Sketch, a toolkit that includes task schemas, prompt templates, an interactive service builder, an open-source dataset, and a model based on LLaMA3-8B-Instruct to streamline LLM operations across diverse fields.
Large language models (LLMs) represented by GPT family have achieved remarkable success. The characteristics of LLMs lie in their ability to accommodate a wide range of tasks through a generative approach. However, the flexibility of their output format poses challenges in controlling and harnessing the model's outputs, thereby constraining the application of LLMs in various domains. In this work, we present Sketch, an innovative toolkit designed to streamline LLM operations across diverse fields. Sketch comprises the following components: (1) a suite of task description schemas and prompt templates encompassing various NLP tasks; (2) a user-friendly, interactive process for building structured output LLM services tailored to various NLP tasks; (3) an open-source dataset for output format control, along with tools for dataset construction; and (4) an open-source model based on LLaMA3-8B-Instruct that adeptly comprehends and adheres to output formatting instructions. We anticipate this initiative to bring considerable convenience to LLM users, achieving the goal of ''plug-and-play'' for various applications. The components of Sketch will be progressively open-sourced at https://github.com/cofe-ai/Sketch.