docs: Update docstring for MessagesPlaceholder (#19601)

Update to docstring for MessagesPlaceholder so that it shows helpful
information in code editors. E.g. VS Code as shown below.


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@ -96,12 +96,67 @@ class BaseMessagePromptTemplate(Serializable, ABC):
class MessagesPlaceholder(BaseMessagePromptTemplate):
"""Prompt template that assumes variable is already list of messages."""
"""Prompt template that assumes variable is already list of messages.
A placeholder which can be used to pass in a list of messages.
Direct usage:
.. code-block:: python
from langchain_core.prompts import MessagesPlaceholder
prompt = MessagesPlaceholder("history")
prompt.format_messages() # raises KeyError
prompt = MessagesPlaceholder("history", optional=True)
prompt.format_messages() # returns empty list []
prompt.format_messages(
history=[
("system", "You are an AI assistant."),
("human", "Hello!"),
]
)
# -> [
# SystemMessage(content="You are an AI assistant."),
# HumanMessage(content="Hello!"),
# ]
Building a prompt with chat history:
.. code-block:: python
from langchain_core.prompts import ChatPromptTemplate, MessagesPlaceholder
prompt = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages(
[
("system", "You are a helpful assistant."),
MessagesPlaceholder("history"),
("human", "{question}")
]
)
prompt.invoke(
{
"history": [("human", "what's 5 + 2"), ("ai", "5 + 2 is 7")],
"question": "now multiply that by 4"
}
)
# -> ChatPromptValue(messages=[
# SystemMessage(content="You are a helpful assistant."),
# HumanMessage(content="what's 5 + 2"),
# AIMessage(content="5 + 2 is 7"),
# HumanMessage(content="now multiply that by 4"),
# ])
"""
variable_name: str
"""Name of variable to use as messages."""
optional: bool = False
"""If True format_messages can be called with no arguments and will return an empty
list. If False then a named argument with name `variable_name` must be passed
in, even if the value is an empty list."""
@classmethod
def get_lc_namespace(cls) -> List[str]:

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