get_format_instructions() — langchain Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the get_format_instructions() function in list.py from the langchain codebase.

Function python OutputParsing StreamingParsers calls 1 called by 1

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OutputParsing→ StreamingParsers→ get_format_instructions() — langchain Function Reference

Dependency Diagram

graph TD
  9f87fa85_5293_af74_ea1b_1e6e9e4cf423["get_format_instructions()"]
  b8940fcc_465e_32f4_d9e6_c01e04edca69["NumberedListOutputParser"]
  9f87fa85_5293_af74_ea1b_1e6e9e4cf423 -->|defined in| b8940fcc_465e_32f4_d9e6_c01e04edca69
  bf2e9af3_be3c_ef07_4817_5e470685f9ef["get_format_instructions()"]
  bf2e9af3_be3c_ef07_4817_5e470685f9ef -->|calls| 9f87fa85_5293_af74_ea1b_1e6e9e4cf423
  bf2e9af3_be3c_ef07_4817_5e470685f9ef["get_format_instructions()"]
  9f87fa85_5293_af74_ea1b_1e6e9e4cf423 -->|calls| bf2e9af3_be3c_ef07_4817_5e470685f9ef
  style 9f87fa85_5293_af74_ea1b_1e6e9e4cf423 fill:#6366f1,stroke:#818cf8,color:#fff

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Source Code

libs/core/langchain_core/output_parsers/list.py lines 195–199

    def get_format_instructions(self) -> str:
        return (
            "Your response should be a numbered list with each item on a new line. "
            "For example: \n\n1. foo\n\n2. bar\n\n3. baz"
        )