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<p>This flow is a starting point for understanding Langflow.
The flow demonstrates how to chat with an LLM, and how modifying the prompt can affect your outcomes.</p>
<p>Prompts serve as the inputs to a large language model (LLM), acting as the interface between human instructions and computational tasks.</p>
<p>By submitting natural language requests in a prompt to an LLM, you can obtain answers, generate text, and solve problems.</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorWithHideOnScrollNavbar_WYt5" id="prerequisites">Prerequisites<a href="#prerequisites" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Prerequisites" title="Direct link to Prerequisites"></a></h2>
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<li><a href="/get-started-installation">A running Langflow instance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://platform.openai.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">An OpenAI API key</a></li>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithHideOnScrollNavbar_WYt5" id="create-the-basic-prompting-flow">Create the basic prompting flow<a href="#create-the-basic-prompting-flow" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Create the basic prompting flow" title="Direct link to Create the basic prompting flow"></a></h2>
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<p>From the Langflow dashboard, click <strong>New Flow</strong>.</p>
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<p>Select <strong>Basic Prompting</strong>.</p>
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<p>The <strong>Basic Prompting</strong> flow is created.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" alt="Basic prompting flow" src="/assets/images/starter-flow-basic-prompting-cb8ac9bc6fff2f00d0abef7727abf0ec.png" width="4000" height="2048" class="img_ev3q"></p>
<p>This flow allows you to chat with the <strong>OpenAI model</strong> component.
The model will respond according to the prompt constructed in the <strong>Prompt</strong> component.</p>
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<p>To examine the <strong>Template</strong>, in the <strong>Prompt</strong> component, click the <strong>Template</strong> field.</p>
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<p>To create an environment variable for the <strong>OpenAI</strong> component, in the <strong>OpenAI API Key</strong> field, click the <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-globe" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="10"></circle><path d="M12 2a14.5 14.5 0 0 0 0 20 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 0-20"></path><path d="M2 12h20"></path></svg> <strong>Globe</strong> button, and then click <strong>Add New Variable</strong>.</p>
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<li>In the <strong>Variable Name</strong> field, enter <code>openai_api_key</code>.</li>
<li>In the <strong>Value</strong> field, paste your OpenAI API Key (<code>sk-...</code>).</li>
<li>Click <strong>Save Variable</strong>.</li>
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<li>Click the <strong>Playground</strong> button.</li>
<li>Type a message and press Enter. The bot should respond in a markedly piratical manner!</li>
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<li>To modify your prompt results, in the <strong>Prompt</strong> component, click the <strong>Template</strong> field. The <strong>Edit Prompt</strong> window opens.</li>
<li>Change the existing prompt to a different character, perhaps <code>Answer the user as if you were Hermione Granger.</code></li>
<li>Run the workflow again and notice how the prompt changes the model&#x27;s response.</li>
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