diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/prompts/chat.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/prompts/chat.py
index aff7b6da4a..01292dbfdd 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/prompts/chat.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/prompts/chat.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Callable, List, Sequence, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, List, Sequence, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union, overload
 
 from pydantic import Field, root_validator
 
@@ -317,6 +317,16 @@ class BaseChatPromptTemplate(BasePromptTemplate, ABC):
         """Format kwargs into a list of messages."""
 
 
+MessageLike = Union[BaseMessagePromptTemplate, BaseMessage, BaseChatPromptTemplate]
+
+MessageLikeRepresentation = Union[
+    MessageLike,
+    Tuple[str, str],
+    Tuple[Type, str],
+    str,
+]
+
+
 class ChatPromptTemplate(BaseChatPromptTemplate, ABC):
     """A prompt template for chat models.
 
@@ -343,9 +353,7 @@ class ChatPromptTemplate(BaseChatPromptTemplate, ABC):
 
     input_variables: List[str]
     """List of input variables in template messages. Used for validation."""
-    messages: List[
-        Union[BaseMessagePromptTemplate, BaseMessage, BaseChatPromptTemplate]
-    ]
+    messages: List[MessageLike]
     """List of messages consisting of either message prompt templates or messages."""
 
     def __add__(self, other: Any) -> ChatPromptTemplate:
@@ -364,6 +372,9 @@ class ChatPromptTemplate(BaseChatPromptTemplate, ABC):
             other, (BaseMessagePromptTemplate, BaseMessage, BaseChatPromptTemplate)
         ):
             return ChatPromptTemplate(messages=self.messages + [other])
+        elif isinstance(other, (list, tuple)):
+            _other = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages(other)
+            return ChatPromptTemplate(messages=self.messages + _other.messages)
         elif isinstance(other, str):
             prompt = HumanMessagePromptTemplate.from_template(other)
             return ChatPromptTemplate(messages=self.messages + [prompt])
@@ -457,16 +468,7 @@ class ChatPromptTemplate(BaseChatPromptTemplate, ABC):
     @classmethod
     def from_messages(
         cls,
-        messages: Sequence[
-            Union[
-                BaseMessagePromptTemplate,
-                BaseChatPromptTemplate,
-                BaseMessage,
-                Tuple[str, str],
-                Tuple[Type, str],
-                str,
-            ]
-        ],
+        messages: Sequence[MessageLikeRepresentation],
     ) -> ChatPromptTemplate:
         """Create a chat prompt template from a variety of message formats.
 
@@ -556,8 +558,7 @@ class ChatPromptTemplate(BaseChatPromptTemplate, ABC):
         return result
 
     def partial(self, **kwargs: Union[str, Callable[[], str]]) -> ChatPromptTemplate:
-        """Return a new ChatPromptTemplate with some of the input variables already
-        filled in.
+        """Get a new ChatPromptTemplate with some input variables already filled in.
 
         Args:
             **kwargs: keyword arguments to use for filling in template variables. Ought
@@ -592,6 +593,41 @@ class ChatPromptTemplate(BaseChatPromptTemplate, ABC):
         prompt_dict["partial_variables"] = {**self.partial_variables, **kwargs}
         return type(self)(**prompt_dict)
 
+    def append(self, message: MessageLikeRepresentation) -> None:
+        """Append message to the end of the chat template.
+
+        Args:
+            message: representation of a message to append.
+        """
+        self.messages.append(_convert_to_message(message))
+
+    def extend(self, messages: Sequence[MessageLikeRepresentation]) -> None:
+        """Extend the chat template with a sequence of messages."""
+        self.messages.extend([_convert_to_message(message) for message in messages])
+
+    @overload
+    def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> MessageLike:
+        ...
+
+    @overload
+    def __getitem__(self, index: slice) -> ChatPromptTemplate:
+        ...
+
+    def __getitem__(
+        self, index: Union[int, slice]
+    ) -> Union[MessageLike, ChatPromptTemplate]:
+        """Use to index into the chat template."""
+        if isinstance(index, slice):
+            start, stop, step = index.indices(len(self.messages))
+            messages = self.messages[start:stop:step]
+            return ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages(messages)
+        else:
+            return self.messages[index]
+
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
+        """Get the length of the chat template."""
+        return len(self.messages)
+
     @property
     def _prompt_type(self) -> str:
         """Name of prompt type."""
@@ -635,14 +671,7 @@ def _create_template_from_message_type(
 
 
 def _convert_to_message(
-    message: Union[
-        BaseMessagePromptTemplate,
-        BaseChatPromptTemplate,
-        BaseMessage,
-        Tuple[str, str],
-        Tuple[Type, str],
-        str,
-    ]
+    message: MessageLikeRepresentation,
 ) -> Union[BaseMessage, BaseMessagePromptTemplate, BaseChatPromptTemplate]:
     """Instantiate a message from a variety of message formats.
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/prompts/test_chat.py b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/prompts/test_chat.py
index 517741151d..7b089c687c 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/prompts/test_chat.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/prompts/test_chat.py
@@ -282,6 +282,42 @@ def test_convert_to_message(
     assert _convert_to_message(args) == expected
 
 
+def test_chat_prompt_template_indexing() -> None:
+    message1 = SystemMessage(content="foo")
+    message2 = HumanMessage(content="bar")
+    message3 = HumanMessage(content="baz")
+    template = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages([message1, message2, message3])
+    assert template[0] == message1
+    assert template[1] == message2
+
+    # Slice starting from index 1
+    slice_template = template[1:]
+    assert slice_template[0] == message2
+    assert len(slice_template) == 2
+
+
+def test_chat_prompt_template_append_and_extend() -> None:
+    """Test append and extend methods of ChatPromptTemplate."""
+    message1 = SystemMessage(content="foo")
+    message2 = HumanMessage(content="bar")
+    message3 = HumanMessage(content="baz")
+    template = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages([message1])
+    template.append(message2)
+    template.append(message3)
+    assert len(template) == 3
+    template.extend([message2, message3])
+    assert len(template) == 5
+    assert template.messages == [
+        message1,
+        message2,
+        message3,
+        message2,
+        message3,
+    ]
+    template.append(("system", "hello!"))
+    assert template[-1] == SystemMessagePromptTemplate.from_template("hello!")
+
+
 def test_convert_to_message_is_strict() -> None:
     """Verify that _convert_to_message is strict."""
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):