Chat Output
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Purpose
Chat Output displays a Message in the Playground and can store the resulting message for the active session.
When to use it
- Show an Agent Core response in a chat flow.
- Display a Message, Data value, or DataFrame as a chat response.
- End an interactive Playground conversation.
How to use it
- Add Chat Input and the component that generates a response.
- Connect the response to Inputs.
- Place Chat Output at the end of the chat path.
- Run the flow in the Playground.
Configuration
| Setting | What it controls | Recommended starting point |
|---|---|---|
| Inputs | The Message, Data, or DataFrame to display. Required. | Connect the response from the previous component. |
| Store Messages | Stores the output when a session ID is available. | Leave on for multi-turn chat. |
| Sender Type | Sets the chat role. | Keep the default Machine. |
| Sender Name | Sets the display name. | Keep the default AI. |
| Session ID | Selects the stored-message session. | Leave blank to use the current session. |
| Basic Clean Data | Affects conversion of list inputs. | Leave on unless a list needs its raw representation. |
Expected result
Chat Output returns an Output Message and displays it in the Playground. A connected Data value always becomes the complete JSON object, formatted for reading; Chat Output has no setting to show only selected fields or to reword it as prose. A connected DataFrame becomes a Markdown table. A connected Message keeps its other fields where possible, but Chat Output overwrites its text, sender, sender name, session ID, flow ID, and source.
Storage requires both Store Messages and a session ID. When storage is on, the stored message is the same output shown in the chat, so a stored Data value is the same full JSON object. The component has no direct credential or credit behavior.
Reference details
For a list of inputs, Chat Output converts each compatible item and joins the results into one message. A single DataFrame does not use Basic Clean Data.
If a flow needs only selected fields, or reworded prose instead of the pretty-printed JSON, format that Data before it reaches Chat Output, for example with Parser.
Related components
- Agent Core supplies a conversational response.
- Chat Input starts the Playground conversation.
- Parser formats Data into a template or plain text before it reaches Chat Output.
- Guardrail can route an approved or flagged Message to chat.