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

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OutputParsing→ StreamingParsers→ get_format_instructions() — langchain Function Reference

Dependency Diagram

graph TD
  d8d13e51_bba0_9439_7a15_15fe801cf386["get_format_instructions()"]
  49eebb51_648b_a9f1_5ac1_1bea73d13e62["MarkdownListOutputParser"]
  d8d13e51_bba0_9439_7a15_15fe801cf386 -->|defined in| 49eebb51_648b_a9f1_5ac1_1bea73d13e62
  bf2e9af3_be3c_ef07_4817_5e470685f9ef["get_format_instructions()"]
  d8d13e51_bba0_9439_7a15_15fe801cf386 -->|calls| bf2e9af3_be3c_ef07_4817_5e470685f9ef
  style d8d13e51_bba0_9439_7a15_15fe801cf386 fill:#6366f1,stroke:#818cf8,color:#fff

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Source Code

libs/core/langchain_core/output_parsers/list.py lines 228–230

    def get_format_instructions(self) -> str:
        """Return the format instructions for the Markdown list output."""
        return "Your response should be a markdown list, eg: `- foo\n- bar\n- baz`"