diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e3751b1..b3dd852 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bgent",
-  "version": "0.0.40",
+  "version": "0.0.41",
   "private": false,
   "description": "bgent. because agent was taken.",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/src/lib/providers.ts b/src/lib/providers.ts
index 5f4fd9f..e86a41e 100644
--- a/src/lib/providers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/providers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import time from "./providers/time";
 import { BgentRuntime } from "./runtime";
-import { type Message, type Provider } from "./types";
+import { State, type Message, type Provider } from "./types";
 
 export const defaultProviders: Provider[] = [time];
 
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@ export const defaultProviders: Provider[] = [time];
  * Formats provider outputs into a string which can be injected into the context.
  * @param runtime The Bgent runtime object.
  * @param message The incoming message object.
+ * @param state The current state object.
  * @returns A string that concatenates the outputs of each provider.
  */
-export async function getProviders(runtime: BgentRuntime, message: Message) {
+export async function getProviders(
+  runtime: BgentRuntime,
+  message: Message,
+  state?: State,
+) {
   const providerResults = await Promise.all(
     runtime.providers.map(async (provider) => {
-      return await provider.get(runtime, message);
+      return await provider.get(runtime, message, state);
     }),
   );
 
diff --git a/src/lib/runtime.ts b/src/lib/runtime.ts
index 5d28b22..f938e33 100644
--- a/src/lib/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/lib/runtime.ts
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ export class BgentRuntime {
    * @param state The state of the agent.
    * @returns The results of the evaluation.
    */
-  async evaluate(message: Message, state: State) {
+  async evaluate(message: Message, state?: State) {
     const evaluatorPromises = this.evaluators.map(
       async (evaluator: Evaluator) => {
         if (!evaluator.handler) {