# prompt_strategies.chat_template – Axolotl

# prompt_strategies.chat_template

`prompt_strategies.chat_template`

HF Chat Templates prompt strategy

## Classes

Name | Description
--- | ---
ChatTemplatePrompter | Prompter for HF chat templates
ChatTemplateStrategy | Tokenizing strategy for instruction-based prompts.
MistralPrompter | Mistral prompter for chat template.
MistralStrategy | Mistral strategy for chat template.
StrategyLoader | Load chat template strategy based on configuration.

### ChatTemplatePrompter

    prompt_strategies.chat_template.ChatTemplatePrompter(
        tokenizer,
        chat_template,
        processor=None,
        max_length=2048,
        message_property_mappings=None,
        message_field_training=None,
        message_field_training_detail=None,
        field_messages='messages',
        field_system='system',
        field_tools='tools',
        field_thinking='reasoning_content',
        roles=None,
        template_thinking_key='reasoning_content',
        chat_template_kwargs=None,
        drop_system_message=False,
    )

Prompter for HF chat templates

#### Methods

Name | Description
--- | ---
build_prompt | Build a prompt from a conversation.

##### build_prompt

    prompt_strategies.chat_template.ChatTemplatePrompter.build_prompt(
        conversation,
        add_generation_prompt=False,
        images=None,
        tools=None,
    )

Build a prompt from a conversation.

###### Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Default
--- | --- | --- | ---
conversation | list[dict] | A list of messages. | required
add_generation_prompt |  | Whether to add a generation prompt. | `False`
images |  | A list of images. (optional) | `None`
tools |  | A list of tools. (optional) | `None`

### ChatTemplateStrategy

    prompt_strategies.chat_template.ChatTemplateStrategy(
        prompter,
        tokenizer,
        train_on_inputs,
        sequence_len,
        roles_to_train=None,
        train_on_eos=None,
        train_on_eot=None,
        eot_tokens=None,
        split_thinking=False,
    )

Tokenizing strategy for instruction-based prompts.

#### Methods

Name | Description
--- | ---
find_first_eot_token | Find the first EOT token in the input_ids starting from start_idx.
find_turn | Locate the starting and ending indices of the specified turn in a conversation.
tokenize_prompt | Public method that can handle either a single prompt or a batch of prompts.

##### find_first_eot_token

    prompt_strategies.chat_template.ChatTemplateStrategy.find_first_eot_token(
        input_ids,
        start_idx,
    )

Find the first EOT token in the input_ids starting from start_idx.

##### find_turn

    prompt_strategies.chat_template.ChatTemplateStrategy.find_turn(
        turns,
        turn_idx,
        tools=None,
    )

Locate the starting and ending indices of the specified turn in a conversation.

##### tokenize_prompt

    prompt_strategies.chat_template.ChatTemplateStrategy.tokenize_prompt(prompt)

Public method that can handle either a single prompt or a batch of prompts.

### MistralPrompter

    prompt_strategies.chat_template.MistralPrompter(*args, **kwargs)

Mistral prompter for chat template.

### MistralStrategy

    prompt_strategies.chat_template.MistralStrategy(
        prompter,
        tokenizer,
        train_on_inputs,
        sequence_len,
        roles_to_train=None,
        train_on_eos=None,
        train_on_eot=None,
        eot_tokens=None,
        split_thinking=False,
    )

Mistral strategy for chat template.

#### Methods

Name | Description
--- | ---
find_first_eot_token | Find the first EOT token in the input_ids starting from start_idx.

##### find_first_eot_token

    prompt_strategies.chat_template.MistralStrategy.find_first_eot_token(
        input_ids,
        start_idx,
    )

Find the first EOT token in the input_ids starting from start_idx.

### StrategyLoader

    prompt_strategies.chat_template.StrategyLoader()

Load chat template strategy based on configuration.