[Feat]: add context msg to new conversation endpoint (#8586)

Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
Co-authored-by: Engel Nyst <enyst@users.noreply.github.com>

openhands/server/session/agent_session.py

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class AgentSession:
         selected_repository: str | None = None,
         selected_branch: str | None = None,
         initial_message: MessageAction | None = None,
+        conversation_instructions: str | None = None,
         replay_json: str | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Starts the Agent session
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ class AgentSession:
             self.memory = await self._create_memory(
                 selected_repository=selected_repository,
                 repo_directory=repo_directory,
+                conversation_instructions=conversation_instructions,
                 custom_secrets_descriptions=custom_secrets_handler.get_custom_secrets_descriptions()
             )
 
@@ -415,7 +417,11 @@ class AgentSession:
         return controller
 
     async def _create_memory(
-        self, selected_repository: str | None, repo_directory: str | None, custom_secrets_descriptions: dict[str, str]
+        self, 
+        selected_repository: str | None, 
+        repo_directory: str | None, 
+        conversation_instructions: str | None,
+        custom_secrets_descriptions: dict[str, str]
     ) -> Memory:
         memory = Memory(
             event_stream=self.event_stream,
@@ -426,6 +432,7 @@ class AgentSession:
         if self.runtime:
             # sets available hosts and other runtime info
             memory.set_runtime_info(self.runtime, custom_secrets_descriptions)
+            memory.set_conversation_instructions(conversation_instructions)
 
             # loads microagents from repo/.openhands/microagents
             microagents: list[BaseMicroagent] = await call_sync_from_async(
@@ -435,7 +442,10 @@ class AgentSession:
             memory.load_user_workspace_microagents(microagents)
 
             if selected_repository and repo_directory:
-                memory.set_repository_info(selected_repository, repo_directory)
+                memory.set_repository_info(
+                    selected_repository, 
+                    repo_directory
+                )
         return memory
 
     def _maybe_restore_state(self) -> State | None:

openhands/server/session/conversation_init_data.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class ConversationInitData(Settings):
     selected_repository: str | None = Field(default=None)
     replay_json: str | None = Field(default=None)
     selected_branch: str | None = Field(default=None)
+    conversation_instructions: str | None = Field(default=None)
 
     model_config = {
         'arbitrary_types_allowed': True,

openhands/server/session/session.py

@@ -155,11 +155,13 @@ class Session:
         selected_repository = None
         selected_branch = None
         custom_secrets = None
+        conversation_instructions = None
         if isinstance(settings, ConversationInitData):
             git_provider_tokens = settings.git_provider_tokens
             selected_repository = settings.selected_repository
             selected_branch = settings.selected_branch
             custom_secrets = settings.custom_secrets
+            conversation_instructions = settings.conversation_instructions
 
         try:
             await self.agent_session.start(
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ class Session:
                 selected_repository=selected_repository,
                 selected_branch=selected_branch,
                 initial_message=initial_message,
+                conversation_instructions=conversation_instructions,
                 replay_json=replay_json,
             )
         except MicroagentValidationError as e: