Memory chatbot

This flow extends the basic prompting flow with a Chat memory component that stores up to 100 previous chat messages and uses them to provide context for the current conversation.

Prerequisites

• Langflow installed and running
• OpenAI API key created

Create the memory chatbot flow

1. From the Langflow dashboard, click New Flow.
2. Select Memory Chatbot.
3. The Memory Chatbot flow is created.

This flow adds a Chat Memory component to the Basic Prompting flow. This component retrieves previous messages and sends them to the Prompt component to fill a part of the Template with context.

To examine the template, click the Template field in the Prompt component. The Prompt tells the OpenAI model component how to respond to input.

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You are a helpful assistant that answers questions.

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Use markdown to format your answer, properly embedding images and urls.

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History:

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{memory}

The {memory} code in the prompt creates a new input port in the component called memory. The Chat Memory component is connected to this port to store chat messages from the Playground.

This gives the OpenAI component a memory of previous chat messages.

Run the memory chatbot flow

1. Open the Playground.
2. Type multiple questions. For example, try entering this conversation:

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Hi, my name is Luca.

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Please tell me about PostgreSQL.

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What is my name?

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What is the second subject I asked you about?

The chatbot remembers your name and previous questions.

3. To view the Message Logs pane, click , and then click Message Logs. The Message Logs pane displays all previous messages, with each conversation sorted by session_id.

Use Session ID with the memory chatbot flow

session_id is a unique identifier in Langflow that stores conversation sessions between the AI and a user. A session_id is created when a conversation is initiated, and then associated with all subsequent messages during that session.

In the Memory Chatbot flow you created, the Chat Memory component references past interactions by Session ID. You can demonstrate this by modifying the Session ID value to switch between conversation histories.

1. In the Session ID field of the Chat Memory and Chat Input components, add a Session ID value like MySessionID.
2. Now, once you send a new message the Playground, you should have a new memory created on the Memories tab.
3. Notice how your conversation is being stored in different memory sessions.

Learn more about chat memories in the Memory section.