diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/base.py
index 43af5d31a1..83a83346ab 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/base.py
@@ -61,17 +61,15 @@ class Chain(RunnableSerializable[Dict[str, Any], Dict[str, Any]], ABC):
             chains and cannot return as rich of an output as `__call__`.
     """
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         # This is correct, but pydantic typings/mypy don't think so.
         return create_model(  # type: ignore[call-overload]
             "ChainInput", **{k: (Any, None) for k in self.input_keys}
         )
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         # This is correct, but pydantic typings/mypy don't think so.
         return create_model(  # type: ignore[call-overload]
             "ChainOutput", **{k: (Any, None) for k in self.output_keys}
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/base.py
index ea28e99add..63cf836d46 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/base.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from langchain.callbacks.manager import (
 from langchain.chains.base import Chain
 from langchain.docstore.document import Document
 from langchain.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel, Field, create_model
-from langchain.schema.runnable.config import RunnableConfig
 from langchain.text_splitter import RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter, TextSplitter
 
 
@@ -29,17 +28,15 @@ class BaseCombineDocumentsChain(Chain, ABC):
     input_key: str = "input_documents"  #: :meta private:
     output_key: str = "output_text"  #: :meta private:
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         return create_model(
             "CombineDocumentsInput",
             **{self.input_key: (List[Document], None)},  # type: ignore[call-overload]
         )
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         return create_model(
             "CombineDocumentsOutput",
             **{self.output_key: (str, None)},  # type: ignore[call-overload]
@@ -170,18 +167,16 @@ class AnalyzeDocumentChain(Chain):
         """
         return self.combine_docs_chain.output_keys
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         return create_model(
             "AnalyzeDocumentChain",
             **{self.input_key: (str, None)},  # type: ignore[call-overload]
         )
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        return self.combine_docs_chain.get_output_schema(config)
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        return self.combine_docs_chain.output_schema
 
     def _call(
         self,
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/map_reduce.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/map_reduce.py
index fcbb721e1b..f593f66db0 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/map_reduce.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/map_reduce.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Type
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from langchain.callbacks.manager import Callbacks
 from langchain.chains.combine_documents.base import BaseCombineDocumentsChain
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from langchain.chains.combine_documents.reduce import ReduceDocumentsChain
 from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
 from langchain.docstore.document import Document
 from langchain.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel, Extra, create_model, root_validator
-from langchain.schema.runnable.config import RunnableConfig
 
 
 class MapReduceDocumentsChain(BaseCombineDocumentsChain):
@@ -99,9 +98,8 @@ class MapReduceDocumentsChain(BaseCombineDocumentsChain):
     return_intermediate_steps: bool = False
     """Return the results of the map steps in the output."""
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> type[BaseModel]:
         if self.return_intermediate_steps:
             return create_model(
                 "MapReduceDocumentsOutput",
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ class MapReduceDocumentsChain(BaseCombineDocumentsChain):
                 },  # type: ignore[call-overload]
             )
 
-        return super().get_output_schema(config)
+        return super().output_schema
 
     @property
     def output_keys(self) -> List[str]:
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/map_rerank.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/map_rerank.py
index 717222ed95..4af56bc6ca 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/map_rerank.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/combine_documents/map_rerank.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Type, Union, cast
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union, cast
 
 from langchain.callbacks.manager import Callbacks
 from langchain.chains.combine_documents.base import BaseCombineDocumentsChain
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
 from langchain.docstore.document import Document
 from langchain.output_parsers.regex import RegexParser
 from langchain.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel, Extra, create_model, root_validator
-from langchain.schema.runnable.config import RunnableConfig
 
 
 class MapRerankDocumentsChain(BaseCombineDocumentsChain):
@@ -78,9 +77,8 @@ class MapRerankDocumentsChain(BaseCombineDocumentsChain):
         extra = Extra.forbid
         arbitrary_types_allowed = True
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> type[BaseModel]:
         schema: Dict[str, Any] = {
             self.output_key: (str, None),
         }
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/conversational_retrieval/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/conversational_retrieval/base.py
index 5347b29a61..97528bd8e5 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/conversational_retrieval/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/chains/conversational_retrieval/base.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ from langchain.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel, Extra, Field, root_validator
 from langchain.schema import BasePromptTemplate, BaseRetriever, Document
 from langchain.schema.language_model import BaseLanguageModel
 from langchain.schema.messages import BaseMessage
-from langchain.schema.runnable.config import RunnableConfig
 from langchain.schema.vectorstore import VectorStore
 
 # Depending on the memory type and configuration, the chat history format may differ.
@@ -96,9 +95,8 @@ class BaseConversationalRetrievalChain(Chain):
         """Input keys."""
         return ["question", "chat_history"]
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         return InputType
 
     @property
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/prompt_template.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/prompt_template.py
index 58d7a38660..6f976beb70 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/prompt_template.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/prompt_template.py
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ class BasePromptTemplate(RunnableSerializable[Dict, PromptValue], ABC):
 
         return Union[StringPromptValue, ChatPromptValueConcrete]
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         # This is correct, but pydantic typings/mypy don't think so.
         return create_model(  # type: ignore[call-overload]
             "PromptInput",
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/base.py
index 8f50b5a922..3e3f73f171 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/base.py
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@ class Runnable(Generic[Input, Output], ABC):
 
     @property
     def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        """The type of input this runnable accepts specified as a pydantic model."""
-        return self.get_input_schema()
-
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         """The type of input this runnable accepts specified as a pydantic model."""
         root_type = self.InputType
 
@@ -180,12 +174,6 @@ class Runnable(Generic[Input, Output], ABC):
 
     @property
     def output_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        """The type of output this runnable produces specified as a pydantic model."""
-        return self.get_output_schema()
-
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         """The type of output this runnable produces specified as a pydantic model."""
         root_type = self.OutputType
 
@@ -1056,15 +1044,13 @@ class RunnableSequence(RunnableSerializable[Input, Output]):
     def OutputType(self) -> Type[Output]:
         return self.last.OutputType
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        return self.first.get_input_schema(config)
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        return self.first.input_schema
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        return self.last.get_output_schema(config)
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        return self.last.output_schema
 
     @property
     def config_specs(self) -> Sequence[ConfigurableFieldSpec]:
@@ -1565,11 +1551,10 @@ class RunnableParallel(RunnableSerializable[Input, Dict[str, Any]]):
 
         return Any
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         if all(
-            s.get_input_schema(config).schema().get("type", "object") == "object"
+            s.input_schema.schema().get("type", "object") == "object"
             for s in self.steps.values()
         ):
             # This is correct, but pydantic typings/mypy don't think so.
@@ -1578,16 +1563,15 @@ class RunnableParallel(RunnableSerializable[Input, Dict[str, Any]]):
                 **{
                     k: (v.annotation, v.default)
                     for step in self.steps.values()
-                    for k, v in step.get_input_schema(config).__fields__.items()
+                    for k, v in step.input_schema.__fields__.items()
                     if k != "__root__"
                 },
             )
 
-        return super().get_input_schema(config)
+        return super().input_schema
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         # This is correct, but pydantic typings/mypy don't think so.
         return create_model(  # type: ignore[call-overload]
             "RunnableParallelOutput",
@@ -2056,9 +2040,8 @@ class RunnableLambda(Runnable[Input, Output]):
         except ValueError:
             return Any
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         """The pydantic schema for the input to this runnable."""
         func = getattr(self, "func", None) or getattr(self, "afunc")
 
@@ -2083,7 +2066,7 @@ class RunnableLambda(Runnable[Input, Output]):
                 **{key: (Any, None) for key in dict_keys},  # type: ignore
             )
 
-        return super().get_input_schema(config)
+        return super().input_schema
 
     @property
     def OutputType(self) -> Any:
@@ -2232,13 +2215,12 @@ class RunnableEach(RunnableSerializable[List[Input], List[Output]]):
     def InputType(self) -> Any:
         return List[self.bound.InputType]  # type: ignore[name-defined]
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         return create_model(
             "RunnableEachInput",
             __root__=(
-                List[self.bound.get_input_schema(config)],  # type: ignore
+                List[self.bound.input_schema],  # type: ignore[name-defined]
                 None,
             ),
         )
@@ -2247,14 +2229,12 @@ class RunnableEach(RunnableSerializable[List[Input], List[Output]]):
     def OutputType(self) -> Type[List[Output]]:
         return List[self.bound.OutputType]  # type: ignore[name-defined]
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        schema = self.bound.get_output_schema(config)
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         return create_model(
             "RunnableEachOutput",
             __root__=(
-                List[schema],  # type: ignore
+                List[self.bound.output_schema],  # type: ignore[name-defined]
                 None,
             ),
         )
@@ -2352,15 +2332,13 @@ class RunnableBinding(RunnableSerializable[Input, Output]):
     def OutputType(self) -> Type[Output]:
         return self.bound.OutputType
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        return self.bound.get_input_schema(merge_configs(self.config, config))
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        return self.bound.input_schema
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        return self.bound.get_output_schema(merge_configs(self.config, config))
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        return self.bound.output_schema
 
     @property
     def config_specs(self) -> Sequence[ConfigurableFieldSpec]:
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/branch.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/branch.py
index efbdcfcccb..18e7aa1767 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/branch.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/branch.py
@@ -130,9 +130,8 @@ class RunnableBranch(RunnableSerializable[Input, Output]):
         """The namespace of a RunnableBranch is the namespace of its default branch."""
         return cls.__module__.split(".")[:-1]
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         runnables = (
             [self.default]
             + [r for _, r in self.branches]
@@ -140,10 +139,10 @@ class RunnableBranch(RunnableSerializable[Input, Output]):
         )
 
         for runnable in runnables:
-            if runnable.get_input_schema(config).schema().get("type") is not None:
-                return runnable.get_input_schema(config)
+            if runnable.input_schema.schema().get("type") is not None:
+                return runnable.input_schema
 
-        return super().get_input_schema(config)
+        return super().input_schema
 
     @property
     def config_specs(self) -> Sequence[ConfigurableFieldSpec]:
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/configurable.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/configurable.py
index 2f1c6f7706..44102f5cb4 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/configurable.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/configurable.py
@@ -60,15 +60,13 @@ class DynamicRunnable(RunnableSerializable[Input, Output]):
     def OutputType(self) -> Type[Output]:
         return self.default.OutputType
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        return self._prepare(config).get_input_schema(config)
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        return self.default.input_schema
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        return self._prepare(config).get_output_schema(config)
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        return self.default.output_schema
 
     @abstractmethod
     def _prepare(
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/fallbacks.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/fallbacks.py
index 4689fa56e7..60ab497b62 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/fallbacks.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/fallbacks.py
@@ -53,15 +53,13 @@ class RunnableWithFallbacks(RunnableSerializable[Input, Output]):
     def OutputType(self) -> Type[Output]:
         return self.runnable.OutputType
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        return self.runnable.get_input_schema(config)
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        return self.runnable.input_schema
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        return self.runnable.get_output_schema(config)
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        return self.runnable.output_schema
 
     @property
     def config_specs(self) -> Sequence[ConfigurableFieldSpec]:
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/passthrough.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/passthrough.py
index 6f369d753c..6fb59c8e1c 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/passthrough.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/schema/runnable/passthrough.py
@@ -268,21 +268,19 @@ class RunnableAssign(RunnableSerializable[Dict[str, Any], Dict[str, Any]]):
     def get_lc_namespace(cls) -> List[str]:
         return cls.__module__.split(".")[:-1]
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        map_input_schema = self.mapper.get_input_schema(config)
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        map_input_schema = self.mapper.input_schema
         if not map_input_schema.__custom_root_type__:
             # ie. it's a dict
             return map_input_schema
 
-        return super().get_input_schema(config)
+        return super().input_schema
 
-    def get_output_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
-        map_input_schema = self.mapper.get_input_schema(config)
-        map_output_schema = self.mapper.get_output_schema(config)
+    @property
+    def output_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+        map_input_schema = self.mapper.input_schema
+        map_output_schema = self.mapper.output_schema
         if (
             not map_input_schema.__custom_root_type__
             and not map_output_schema.__custom_root_type__
@@ -297,7 +295,7 @@ class RunnableAssign(RunnableSerializable[Dict[str, Any], Dict[str, Any]]):
                 },
             )
 
-        return super().get_output_schema(config)
+        return super().output_schema
 
     @property
     def config_specs(self) -> Sequence[ConfigurableFieldSpec]:
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/base.py
index 2d3cc7ac10..0eac196a94 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/base.py
@@ -187,9 +187,8 @@ class ChildTool(BaseTool):
 
     # --- Runnable ---
 
-    def get_input_schema(
-        self, config: Optional[RunnableConfig] = None
-    ) -> Type[BaseModel]:
+    @property
+    def input_schema(self) -> Type[BaseModel]:
         """The tool's input schema."""
         if self.args_schema is not None:
             return self.args_schema
diff --git a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/schema/runnable/test_runnable.py b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/schema/runnable/test_runnable.py
index 9b08523395..a31e234ec6 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/schema/runnable/test_runnable.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/schema/runnable/test_runnable.py
@@ -800,17 +800,6 @@ def test_configurable_fields() -> None:
         text="Hello, John! John!"
     )
 
-    assert prompt_configurable.with_config(
-        configurable={"prompt_template": "Hello {name} in {lang}"}
-    ).input_schema.schema() == {
-        "title": "PromptInput",
-        "type": "object",
-        "properties": {
-            "lang": {"title": "Lang", "type": "string"},
-            "name": {"title": "Name", "type": "string"},
-        },
-    }
-
     chain_configurable = prompt_configurable | fake_llm_configurable | StrOutputParser()
 
     assert chain_configurable.invoke({"name": "John"}) == "a"
@@ -845,27 +834,13 @@ def test_configurable_fields() -> None:
     assert (
         chain_configurable.with_config(
             configurable={
-                "prompt_template": "A very good morning to you, {name} {lang}!",
+                "prompt_template": "A very good morning to you, {name}!",
                 "llm_responses": ["c"],
             }
-        ).invoke({"name": "John", "lang": "en"})
+        ).invoke({"name": "John"})
         == "c"
     )
 
-    assert chain_configurable.with_config(
-        configurable={
-            "prompt_template": "A very good morning to you, {name} {lang}!",
-            "llm_responses": ["c"],
-        }
-    ).input_schema.schema() == {
-        "title": "PromptInput",
-        "type": "object",
-        "properties": {
-            "lang": {"title": "Lang", "type": "string"},
-            "name": {"title": "Name", "type": "string"},
-        },
-    }
-
     chain_with_map_configurable: Runnable = prompt_configurable | {
         "llm1": fake_llm_configurable | StrOutputParser(),
         "llm2": fake_llm_configurable | StrOutputParser(),