add gen-template command

README.md

@@ -195,6 +195,16 @@ INFO:     Uvicorn running on http://0.0.0.0:8000 (Press CTRL+C to quit)
 ### Stopping the server 
 To stop the server, simply press `CTRL+C` in the terminal where you started it.
 
+### Dumping a config Yaml template file
+
+The first step in writing your own configuration file is to start from a valid template. You can dump a configuration file template using the following command:
+
+```bash
+canopy gen-config /path/to/my-config.yaml --template cohere.yaml
+```
+
+You can find the available templates under [src/canopy/config](src/canopy/config/).
+
 
 ## Evaluation chat tool
 

src/canopy_cli/cli.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, List, Iterable
 
 import click
+import importlib.resources as pkg_resources
 from prompt_toolkit import prompt
 import time
 
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ def __init__(self, name=None, commands=None, **attrs):
             "health": 4,
             "stop": 5,
             "api-docs": 6,
-
+            "gen-config": 7,
         }
 
     def list_commands(self, ctx):
@@ -210,6 +211,36 @@ def health(url):
     return
 
 
+@cli.command(help="Writes a config template YAML file to the specified path.")
+@click.argument("path", type=click.Path(), required=True)
+@click.option("--template", default="default", help="The name of the template to use.")
+def gen_config(path, template):
+
+    if not template.endswith('.yaml'):
+        template += '.yaml'
+
+    try:
+        with pkg_resources.open_text('canopy.config', template) as f:
+            config = yaml.safe_load(f)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        files = pkg_resources.files('canopy.config')
+        template_names = [f.name for f in files.iterdir()]
+        click.echo(f"Template '{template}' not found."
+                   f"Available templates: {template_names}",
+                   err=True)
+        return
+    except Exception as e:
+        click.echo(f"Failed to load template '{template}'. Reason: {e}"
+                   f"Make sure you pip installed `canopy-sdk`.",
+                   err=True)
+        return
+
+    with open(path, 'w') as dst_file:
+        yaml.dump(config, dst_file)
+
+    click.echo(f"Config template '{template}' written to {path}")
+
+
 @cli.command(
     help=(
         """