Docs refactor (#480)
Big docs refactor! Motivation is to make it easier for people to find
resources they are looking for. To accomplish this, there are now three
main sections:
- Getting Started: steps for getting started, walking through most core
functionality
- Modules: these are different modules of functionality that langchain
provides. Each part here has a "getting started", "how to", "key
concepts" and "reference" section (except in a few select cases where it
didnt easily fit).
- Use Cases: this is to separate use cases (like summarization, question
answering, evaluation, etc) from the modules, and provide a different
entry point to the code base.
There is also a full reference section, as well as extra resources
(glossary, gallery, etc)
Co-authored-by: Shreya Rajpal <ShreyaR@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-01-02 16:24:09 +00:00
# Key Concepts
## Chains
A chain is made up of links, which can be either primitives or other chains.
They vary greatly in complexity and are combination of generic, highly configurable pipelines and more narrow (but usually more complex) pipelines.
## Sequential Chain
This is a specific type of chain where multiple other chains are run in sequence, with the outputs being added as inputs
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to the next. A subtype of this type of chain is the [`SimpleSequentialChain` ](./generic/sequential_chains.html#simplesequentialchain ), where all subchains have only one input and one output,
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and the output of one is therefore used as sole input to the next chain.
Docs refactor (#480)
Big docs refactor! Motivation is to make it easier for people to find
resources they are looking for. To accomplish this, there are now three
main sections:
- Getting Started: steps for getting started, walking through most core
functionality
- Modules: these are different modules of functionality that langchain
provides. Each part here has a "getting started", "how to", "key
concepts" and "reference" section (except in a few select cases where it
didnt easily fit).
- Use Cases: this is to separate use cases (like summarization, question
answering, evaluation, etc) from the modules, and provide a different
entry point to the code base.
There is also a full reference section, as well as extra resources
(glossary, gallery, etc)
Co-authored-by: Shreya Rajpal <ShreyaR@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-01-02 16:24:09 +00:00
