diff --git a/libs/core/langchain_core/prompts/base.py b/libs/core/langchain_core/prompts/base.py
index dc5003e552..21b31650ff 100644
--- a/libs/core/langchain_core/prompts/base.py
+++ b/libs/core/langchain_core/prompts/base.py
@@ -67,13 +67,27 @@ class BasePromptTemplate(RunnableSerializable[Dict, PromptValue], ABC):
             **{k: (self.input_types.get(k, str), None) for k in self.input_variables},
         )
 
+    def _format_prompt_with_error_handling(self, inner_input: Dict) -> PromptValue:
+        try:
+            input_dict = {key: inner_input[key] for key in self.input_variables}
+        except TypeError as e:
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"Expected mapping type as input to {self.__class__.__name__}. "
+                f"Received {type(inner_input)}."
+            ) from e
+        except KeyError as e:
+            raise KeyError(
+                f"Input to {self.__class__.__name__} is missing variable {e}. "
+                f" Expected: {self.input_variables}"
+                f" Received: {list(inner_input.keys())}"
+            ) from e
+        return self.format_prompt(**input_dict)
+
     def invoke(
         self, input: Dict, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
     ) -> PromptValue:
         return self._call_with_config(
-            lambda inner_input: self.format_prompt(
-                **{key: inner_input[key] for key in self.input_variables}
-            ),
+            self._format_prompt_with_error_handling,
             input,
             config,
             run_type="prompt",