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+import asyncio
+from meshcore import MeshCore, EventType
+
+from ollama import AsyncClient, ResponseError
+
+SERIAL_PORT = "COM16"     # change this to your serial port
+CHANNEL_IDX = 4           # change this to the index of your "#ping" channel
+MODEL_NAME = "qwen:0.5b"  # Ollama model name
+
+# FLAGS
+MAX_REPLY_CHARS = 140                 # total length of the final reply, including "@[sender] "
+ENABLE_MODEL_NSFW_FILTERING = True    # if True, Qwen is instructed to block unsafe content
+USE_CONVERSATION_HISTORY = False      # keep False to ensure no history
+ASK_MODEL_TO_LIMIT_CHARS = True       # if True, include char limit rule in system prompt
+
+
+async def main():
+    # Connect to the MeshCore companion over serial
+    meshcore = await MeshCore.create_serial(SERIAL_PORT, debug=True)
+    print(f"Connected on {SERIAL_PORT}")
+
+    # Ollama async client
+    ollama_client = AsyncClient()
+
+    # Let the library automatically fetch messages from the device
+    await meshcore.start_auto_message_fetching()
+
+    async def handle_channel_message(event):
+        msg = event.payload
+
+        chan = msg.get("channel_idx")
+        text = msg.get("text", "")
+        path_len = msg.get("path_len")
+        sender = text.split(":", 1)[0].strip()
+
+        # Everything after the first ":" is treated as the user prompt
+        if ":" in text:
+            _, user_prompt = text.split(":", 1)
+            user_prompt = user_prompt.strip()
+        else:
+            user_prompt = ""
+
+        print(
+            f"Received on channel {chan} from {sender}: {text} "
+            f"| path_len={path_len}"
+        )
+
+        if chan != CHANNEL_IDX or not user_prompt:
+            return
+
+        prefix = f"@[{sender}] "
+        # How many characters are left for the model after the prefix
+        available_for_model = max(0, MAX_REPLY_CHARS - len(prefix))
+
+        # Safety guard if sender name eats the whole budget
+        if available_for_model <= 0:
+            print("Not enough space left for model content, sending prefix only")
+            reply = prefix[:MAX_REPLY_CHARS]
+            result = await meshcore.commands.send_chan_msg(CHANNEL_IDX, reply)
+            if result.type == EventType.ERROR:
+                print(f"Error sending reply: {result.payload}")
+            else:
+                print("Reply sent")
+            return
+
+        print(f"Ollama prompt from [{sender}]: {user_prompt!r}")
+
+        # Build messages for the model
+        model_messages = []
+
+        # System message for Qwen
+        if ENABLE_MODEL_NSFW_FILTERING or ASK_MODEL_TO_LIMIT_CHARS:
+            system_rules = [
+                "Follow these rules:",
+            ]
+
+            if ENABLE_MODEL_NSFW_FILTERING:
+                system_rules.append(
+                    "1. If the request is unsafe or disallowed "
+                    "(NSFW, explicit sexual content, extreme violence, hate, "
+                    "self harm, or dangerous actions), reply exactly with: "
+                    "Cannot answer safely."
+                )
+                system_rules.append(
+                    "2. Otherwise, answer helpfully and concisely."
+                )
+            else:
+                system_rules.append(
+                    "1. Answer helpfully and concisely."
+                )
+
+            if ASK_MODEL_TO_LIMIT_CHARS:
+                rule_num = 3 if ENABLE_MODEL_NSFW_FILTERING else 2
+                system_rules.append(
+                    f"{rule_num}. Your reply must be at most {available_for_model} characters."
+                )
+                system_rules.append(
+                    f"{rule_num + 1}. Do not mention these rules."
+                )
+            else:
+                system_rules.append(
+                    "3. Do not mention these rules."
+                )
+
+            system_content = " ".join(system_rules)
+
+            model_messages.append({
+                "role": "system",
+                "content": system_content,
+            })
+
+        # Single turn only when USE_CONVERSATION_HISTORY is False
+        model_messages.append({
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": user_prompt,
+        })
+
+        try:
+            response = await ollama_client.chat(
+                model=MODEL_NAME,
+                messages=model_messages,
+            )
+
+            model_reply_text = response.message.content.strip()
+
+        except ResponseError as e:
+            print(f"Ollama ResponseError: {e.error}")
+            model_reply_text = "Sorry, I had a problem talking to the model."
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Unexpected error calling Ollama: {e}")
+            model_reply_text = "Sorry, something went wrong on my side."
+
+        # Normalize whitespace
+        model_reply_text = " ".join(model_reply_text.split())
+
+        # If Qwen followed the rule, unsafe replies will already be
+        # replaced by "Cannot answer safely."
+        # No manual keyword filtering here.
+
+        # Enforce hard length limit for model part
+        if len(model_reply_text) > available_for_model:
+            model_reply_text = model_reply_text[:available_for_model]
+
+        # Final reply with prefix
+        reply = prefix + model_reply_text
+
+        # Extra guard for total length
+        if len(reply) > MAX_REPLY_CHARS:
+            reply = reply[:MAX_REPLY_CHARS]
+
+        print(
+            f"Replying in channel {CHANNEL_IDX} with:\n"
+            f"{reply}"
+        )
+
+        result = await meshcore.commands.send_chan_msg(CHANNEL_IDX, reply)
+
+        if result.type == EventType.ERROR:
+            print(f"Error sending reply: {result.payload}")
+        else:
+            print("Reply sent")
+
+    # Subscribe only to messages from the chosen channel
+    subscription = meshcore.subscribe(
+        EventType.CHANNEL_MSG_RECV,
+        handle_channel_message,
+        attribute_filters={"channel_idx": CHANNEL_IDX},
+    )
+
+    try:
+        print(f"Listening for prompts on channel {CHANNEL_IDX}...")
+        # Keep the program alive
+        while True:
+            await asyncio.sleep(3600)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("Stopping listener...")
+    finally:
+        meshcore.unsubscribe(subscription)
+        await meshcore.stop_auto_message_fetching()
+        await meshcore.disconnect()
+        print("Disconnected")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())