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+import functools
+from typing import Annotated, Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
+
+from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage, AnyMessage, BaseMessage, HumanMessage
+from langchain_core.prompts import ChatPromptTemplate, MessagesPlaceholder
+from langchain_core.runnables import Runnable, RunnableLambda
+from langchain_core.runnables import chain as as_runnable
+from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
+from typing_extensions import TypedDict
+
+from langgraph.graph import END, StateGraph
+
+
+def langchain_to_openai_messages(messages: List[BaseMessage]):
+    """
+    Convert a list of langchain base messages to a list of openai messages.
+
+    Parameters:
+        messages (List[BaseMessage]): A list of langchain base messages.
+
+    Returns:
+        List[dict]: A list of openai messages.
+    """
+    from langchain.adapters.openai import convert_message_to_dict  # noqa: I001
+
+    return [
+        convert_message_to_dict(m) if isinstance(m, BaseMessage) else m
+        for m in messages
+    ]
+
+
+def create_simulated_user(
+    system_prompt: str, llm: Runnable | None = None
+) -> Runnable[Dict, AIMessage]:
+    """
+    Creates a simulated user for chatbot simulation.
+
+    Args:
+        system_prompt (str): The system prompt to be used by the simulated user.
+        llm (Runnable | None, optional): The language model to be used for the simulation.
+            Defaults to gpt-3.5-turbo.
+
+    Returns:
+        Runnable[Dict, AIMessage]: The simulated user for chatbot simulation.
+    """
+    return ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages(
+        [
+            ("system", system_prompt),
+            MessagesPlaceholder(variable_name="messages"),
+        ]
+    ) | (llm or ChatOpenAI(model="gpt-3.5-turbo")).with_config(
+        run_name="simulated_user"
+    )
+
+
+Messages = Union[list[AnyMessage], AnyMessage]
+
+
+def add_messages(left: Messages, right: Messages) -> Messages:
+    if not isinstance(left, list):
+        left = [left]
+    if not isinstance(right, list):
+        right = [right]
+    return left + right
+
+
+class SimulationState(TypedDict):
+    """
+    Represents the state of a simulation.
+
+    Attributes:
+        messages (List[AnyMessage]): A list of messages in the simulation.
+        inputs (Optional[dict[str, Any]]): Optional inputs for the simulation.
+    """
+
+    messages: Annotated[List[AnyMessage], add_messages]
+    inputs: Optional[dict[str, Any]]
+
+
+def create_chat_simulator(
+    assistant: (
+        Callable[[List[AnyMessage]], str | AIMessage]
+        | Runnable[List[AnyMessage], str | AIMessage]
+    ),
+    simulated_user: Runnable[Dict, AIMessage],
+    *,
+    input_key: str,
+    max_turns: int = 6,
+    should_continue: Optional[Callable[[SimulationState], str]] = None,
+):
+    """Creates a chat simulator for evaluating a chatbot.
+
+    Args:
+        assistant: The chatbot assistant function or runnable object.
+        simulated_user: The simulated user object.
+        input_key: The key for the input to the chat simulation.
+        max_turns: The maximum number of turns in the chat simulation. Default is 6.
+        should_continue: Optional function to determine if the simulation should continue.
+            If not provided, a default function will be used.
+
+    Returns:
+        The compiled chat simulation graph.
+
+    """
+    graph_builder = StateGraph(SimulationState)
+    graph_builder.add_node(
+        "user",
+        _create_simulated_user_node(simulated_user),
+    )
+    graph_builder.add_node(
+        "assistant", _fetch_messages | assistant | _coerce_to_message
+    )
+    graph_builder.add_edge("assistant", "user")
+    graph_builder.add_conditional_edges(
+        "user",
+        should_continue or functools.partial(_should_continue, max_turns=max_turns),
+    )
+    # If your dataset has a 'leading question/input', then we route first to the assistant, otherwise, we let the user take the lead.
+    graph_builder.set_entry_point("assistant" if input_key is not None else "user")
+
+    return (
+        RunnableLambda(_prepare_example).bind(input_key=input_key)
+        | graph_builder.compile()
+    )
+
+
+## Private methods
+
+
+def _prepare_example(inputs: dict[str, Any], input_key: Optional[str] = None):
+    if input_key is not None:
+        if input_key not in inputs:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Dataset's example input must contain the provided input key: '{input_key}'.\nFound: {list(inputs.keys())}"
+            )
+        messages = [HumanMessage(content=inputs[input_key])]
+        return {
+            "inputs": {k: v for k, v in inputs.items() if k != input_key},
+            "messages": messages,
+        }
+    return {"inputs": inputs, "messages": []}
+
+
+def _invoke_simulated_user(state: SimulationState, simulated_user: Runnable):
+    """Invoke the simulated user node."""
+    runnable = (
+        simulated_user
+        if isinstance(simulated_user, Runnable)
+        else RunnableLambda(simulated_user)
+    )
+    inputs = state.get("inputs", {})
+    inputs["messages"] = state["messages"]
+    return runnable.invoke(inputs)
+
+
+def _swap_roles(state: SimulationState):
+    new_messages = []
+    for m in state["messages"]:
+        if isinstance(m, AIMessage):
+            new_messages.append(HumanMessage(content=m.content))
+        else:
+            new_messages.append(AIMessage(content=m.content))
+    return {
+        "inputs": state.get("inputs", {}),
+        "messages": new_messages,
+    }
+
+
+@as_runnable
+def _fetch_messages(state: SimulationState):
+    """Invoke the simulated user node."""
+    return state["messages"]
+
+
+def _convert_to_human_message(message: BaseMessage):
+    return {"messages": [HumanMessage(content=message.content)]}
+
+
+def _create_simulated_user_node(simulated_user: Runnable):
+    """Simulated user accepts a {"messages": [...]} argument and returns a single message."""
+    return (
+        _swap_roles
+        | RunnableLambda(_invoke_simulated_user).bind(simulated_user=simulated_user)
+        | _convert_to_human_message
+    )
+
+
+def _coerce_to_message(assistant_output: str | BaseMessage):
+    if isinstance(assistant_output, str):
+        return {"messages": [AIMessage(content=assistant_output)]}
+    else:
+        return {"messages": [assistant_output]}
+
+
+def _should_continue(state: SimulationState, max_turns: int = 6):
+    messages = state["messages"]
+    # TODO support other stop criteria
+    if len(messages) > max_turns:
+        return END
+    elif messages[-1].content.strip() == "FINISHED":
+        return END
+    else:
+        return "assistant"