> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.langchain.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Use the functional API

The [**Functional API**](/oss/python/langgraph/functional-api) allows you to add LangGraph's key features ([persistence](/oss/python/langgraph/persistence), [memory](/oss/python/langgraph/add-memory), [human-in-the-loop](/oss/python/langgraph/interrupts), and [streaming](/oss/python/langgraph/streaming)) to your applications with minimal changes to your existing code.

<Tip>
  For conceptual information on the functional API, see [Functional API](/oss/python/langgraph/functional-api).
</Tip>

## Creating a simple workflow

When defining an `entrypoint`, input is restricted to the first argument of the function. To pass multiple inputs, you can use a dictionary.

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
@entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
def my_workflow(inputs: dict) -> int:
    value = inputs["value"]
    another_value = inputs["another_value"]
    ...

my_workflow.invoke({"value": 1, "another_value": 2})
```

<Accordion title="Extended example: simple workflow">
  ```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
  from langchain_core.utils.uuid import uuid7
  from langgraph.func import entrypoint, task
  from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver

  # Task that checks if a number is even
  @task
  def is_even(number: int) -> bool:
      return number % 2 == 0

  # Task that formats a message
  @task
  def format_message(is_even: bool) -> str:
      return "The number is even." if is_even else "The number is odd."

  # Create a checkpointer for persistence
  checkpointer = InMemorySaver()

  @entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
  def workflow(inputs: dict) -> str:
      """Simple workflow to classify a number."""
      even = is_even(inputs["number"]).result()
      return format_message(even).result()

  # Run the workflow with a unique thread ID
  config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": str(uuid7())}}
  result = workflow.invoke({"number": 7}, config=config)
  print(result)
  ```
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Extended example: Compose an essay with an LLM">
  This example demonstrates how to use the `@task` and `@entrypoint` decorators
  syntactically. Given that a checkpointer is provided, the workflow results will
  be persisted in the checkpointer.

  ```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
  import uuid
  from langchain.chat_models import init_chat_model
  from langgraph.func import entrypoint, task
  from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver

  model = init_chat_model('gpt-3.5-turbo')

  # Task: generate essay using an LLM
  @task
  def compose_essay(topic: str) -> str:
      """Generate an essay about the given topic."""
      return model.invoke([
          {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant that writes essays."},
          {"role": "user", "content": f"Write an essay about {topic}."}
      ]).content

  # Create a checkpointer for persistence
  checkpointer = InMemorySaver()

  @entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
  def workflow(topic: str) -> str:
      """Simple workflow that generates an essay with an LLM."""
      return compose_essay(topic).result()

  # Execute the workflow
  config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": str(uuid7())}}
  result = workflow.invoke("the history of flight", config=config)
  print(result)
  ```
</Accordion>

## Parallel execution

Tasks can be executed in parallel by invoking them concurrently and waiting for the results. This is useful for improving performance in IO bound tasks (e.g., calling APIs for LLMs).

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
@task
def add_one(number: int) -> int:
    return number + 1

@entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
def graph(numbers: list[int]) -> list[str]:
    futures = [add_one(i) for i in numbers]
    return [f.result() for f in futures]
```

<Accordion title="Extended example: parallel LLM calls">
  This example demonstrates how to run multiple LLM calls in parallel using `@task`. Each call generates a paragraph on a different topic, and results are joined into a single text output.

  ```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
  import uuid
  from langchain.chat_models import init_chat_model
  from langgraph.func import entrypoint, task
  from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver

  # Initialize the LLM model
  model = init_chat_model("gpt-3.5-turbo")

  # Task that generates a paragraph about a given topic
  @task
  def generate_paragraph(topic: str) -> str:
      response = model.invoke([
          {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant that writes educational paragraphs."},
          {"role": "user", "content": f"Write a paragraph about {topic}."}
      ])
      return response.content

  # Create a checkpointer for persistence
  checkpointer = InMemorySaver()

  @entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
  def workflow(topics: list[str]) -> str:
      """Generates multiple paragraphs in parallel and combines them."""
      futures = [generate_paragraph(topic) for topic in topics]
      paragraphs = [f.result() for f in futures]
      return "\n\n".join(paragraphs)

  # Run the workflow
  config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": str(uuid7())}}
  result = workflow.invoke(["quantum computing", "climate change", "history of aviation"], config=config)
  print(result)
  ```

  This example uses LangGraph's concurrency model to improve execution time, especially when tasks involve I/O like LLM completions.
</Accordion>

## Calling graphs

The **Functional API** and the [**Graph API**](/oss/python/langgraph/graph-api) can be used together in the same application as they share the same underlying runtime.

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
from langgraph.func import entrypoint
from langgraph.graph import StateGraph

builder = StateGraph()
...
some_graph = builder.compile()

@entrypoint()
def some_workflow(some_input: dict) -> int:
    # Call a graph defined using the graph API
    result_1 = some_graph.invoke(...)
    # Call another graph defined using the graph API
    result_2 = another_graph.invoke(...)
    return {
        "result_1": result_1,
        "result_2": result_2
    }
```

<Accordion title="Extended example: calling a simple graph from the functional API">
  ```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
  import uuid
  from typing import TypedDict
  from langgraph.func import entrypoint
  from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver
  from langgraph.graph import StateGraph

  # Define the shared state type
  class State(TypedDict):
      foo: int

  # Define a simple transformation node
  def double(state: State) -> State:
      return {"foo": state["foo"] * 2}

  # Build the graph using the Graph API
  builder = StateGraph(State)
  builder.add_node("double", double)
  builder.set_entry_point("double")
  graph = builder.compile()

  # Define the functional API workflow
  checkpointer = InMemorySaver()

  @entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
  def workflow(x: int) -> dict:
      result = graph.invoke({"foo": x})
      return {"bar": result["foo"]}

  # Execute the workflow
  config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": str(uuid7())}}
  print(workflow.invoke(5, config=config))  # Output: {'bar': 10}
  ```
</Accordion>

## Call other entrypoints

You can call other **entrypoints** from within an **entrypoint** or a **task**.

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
@entrypoint() # Will automatically use the checkpointer from the parent entrypoint
def some_other_workflow(inputs: dict) -> int:
    return inputs["value"]

@entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
def my_workflow(inputs: dict) -> int:
    value = some_other_workflow.invoke({"value": 1})
    return value
```

<Accordion title="Extended example: calling another entrypoint">
  ```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
  import uuid
  from langgraph.func import entrypoint
  from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver

  # Initialize a checkpointer
  checkpointer = InMemorySaver()

  # A reusable sub-workflow that multiplies a number
  @entrypoint()
  def multiply(inputs: dict) -> int:
      return inputs["a"] * inputs["b"]

  # Main workflow that invokes the sub-workflow
  @entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
  def main(inputs: dict) -> dict:
      result = multiply.invoke({"a": inputs["x"], "b": inputs["y"]})
      return {"product": result}

  # Execute the main workflow
  config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": str(uuid7())}}
  print(main.invoke({"x": 6, "y": 7}, config=config))  # Output: {'product': 42}
  ```
</Accordion>

## Streaming

The **Functional API** uses the same streaming mechanism as the **Graph API**. Please
read the [**streaming guide**](/oss/python/langgraph/streaming) section for more details.

Example of using the streaming API to stream both updates and custom data.

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
from langgraph.func import entrypoint
from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver
from langgraph.config import get_stream_writer   # [!code highlight]

checkpointer = InMemorySaver()

@entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
def main(inputs: dict) -> int:
    writer = get_stream_writer()   # [!code highlight]
    writer("Started processing")   # [!code highlight]
    result = inputs["x"] * 2
    writer(f"Result is {result}")   # [!code highlight]
    return result

config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "abc"}}

for mode, chunk in main.stream(   # [!code highlight]
    {"x": 5},
    stream_mode=["custom", "updates"],   # [!code highlight]
    config=config
):
    print(f"{mode}: {chunk}")
```

1. Import [`get_stream_writer`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langgraph/config/get_stream_writer) from `langgraph.config`.
2. Obtain a stream writer instance within the entrypoint.
3. Emit custom data before computation begins.
4. Emit another custom message after computing the result.
5. Use `.stream()` to process streamed output.
6. Specify which streaming modes to use.

```pycon theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
('updates', {'add_one': 2})
('updates', {'add_two': 3})
('custom', 'hello')
('custom', 'world')
('updates', {'main': 5})
```

<Warning>
  **Async with Python \< 3.11**
  If using Python \< 3.11 and writing async code, using [`get_stream_writer`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langgraph/config/get_stream_writer) will not work. Instead please
  use the `StreamWriter` class directly. See [Async with Python \< 3.11](/oss/python/langgraph/streaming#async) for more details.

  ```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
  from langgraph.types import StreamWriter

  @entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
  async def main(inputs: dict, writer: StreamWriter) -> int:  # [!code highlight]
  ...
  ```
</Warning>

## Retry policy

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver
from langgraph.func import entrypoint, task
from langgraph.types import RetryPolicy

# This variable is just used for demonstration purposes to simulate a network failure.
# It's not something you will have in your actual code.
attempts = 0

# Let's configure the RetryPolicy to retry on ValueError.
# The default RetryPolicy is optimized for retrying specific network errors.
retry_policy = RetryPolicy(retry_on=ValueError)

@task(retry_policy=retry_policy)
def get_info():
    global attempts
    attempts += 1

    if attempts < 2:
        raise ValueError('Failure')
    return "OK"

checkpointer = InMemorySaver()

@entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
def main(inputs, writer):
    return get_info().result()

config = {
    "configurable": {
        "thread_id": "1"
    }
}

main.invoke({'any_input': 'foobar'}, config=config)
```

```pycon theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
'OK'
```

## Set task and entrypoint timeouts

Use the `timeout` parameter with `@task` or `@entrypoint` to limit how long a single async attempt can run. Provide the timeout in seconds or as a `datetime.timedelta`.

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
import asyncio

from langgraph.errors import NodeTimeoutError
from langgraph.func import entrypoint, task
from langgraph.types import RetryPolicy


@task(
    timeout=1.0,
    retry_policy=RetryPolicy(retry_on=NodeTimeoutError),
)
async def call_api(url: str) -> str:
    await asyncio.sleep(2)
    return f"result from {url}"


@entrypoint(timeout=5.0)
async def workflow(inputs: dict) -> str:
    return await call_api(inputs["url"])


try:
    await workflow.ainvoke({"url": "https://example.com"})
except NodeTimeoutError:
    print("Task timed out")
```

Timeouts are supported only for async tasks and entrypoints. If you set `timeout` on a sync function, LangGraph raises an error when the task or entrypoint is declared.

When a task or entrypoint exceeds its timeout, LangGraph raises `NodeTimeoutError`, which subclasses Python's built-in `TimeoutError`. If a retry policy retries `TimeoutError` or `NodeTimeoutError`, the timed-out attempt is retried. The timeout applies to each attempt independently, so the timer resets for every retry.

## Caching tasks

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
import time
from langgraph.cache.memory import InMemoryCache
from langgraph.func import entrypoint, task
from langgraph.types import CachePolicy


@task(cache_policy=CachePolicy(ttl=120))    # [!code highlight]
def slow_add(x: int) -> int:
    time.sleep(1)
    return x * 2


@entrypoint(cache=InMemoryCache())
def main(inputs: dict) -> dict[str, int]:
    result1 = slow_add(inputs["x"]).result()
    result2 = slow_add(inputs["x"]).result()
    return {"result1": result1, "result2": result2}


for chunk in main.stream({"x": 5}, stream_mode="updates"):
    print(chunk)

#> {'slow_add': 10}
#> {'slow_add': 10, '__metadata__': {'cached': True}}
#> {'main': {'result1': 10, 'result2': 10}}
```

1. `ttl` is specified in seconds. The cache will be invalidated after this time.

## Resuming after an error

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
import time
from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver
from langgraph.func import entrypoint, task
from langgraph.types import StreamWriter

# This variable is just used for demonstration purposes to simulate a network failure.
# It's not something you will have in your actual code.
attempts = 0

@task()
def get_info():
    """
    Simulates a task that fails once before succeeding.
    Raises an exception on the first attempt, then returns "OK" on subsequent tries.
    """
    global attempts
    attempts += 1

    if attempts < 2:
        raise ValueError("Failure")  # Simulate a failure on the first attempt
    return "OK"

# Initialize an in-memory checkpointer for persistence
checkpointer = InMemorySaver()

@task
def slow_task():
    """
    Simulates a slow-running task by introducing a 1-second delay.
    """
    time.sleep(1)
    return "Ran slow task."

@entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
def main(inputs, writer: StreamWriter):
    """
    Main workflow function that runs the slow_task and get_info tasks sequentially.

    Parameters:
    - inputs: Dictionary containing workflow input values.
    - writer: StreamWriter for streaming custom data.

    The workflow first executes `slow_task` and then attempts to execute `get_info`,
    which will fail on the first invocation.
    """
    slow_task_result = slow_task().result()  # Blocking call to slow_task
    get_info().result()  # Exception will be raised here on the first attempt
    return slow_task_result

# Workflow execution configuration with a unique thread identifier
config = {
    "configurable": {
        "thread_id": "1"  # Unique identifier to track workflow execution
    }
}

# This invocation will take ~1 second due to the slow_task execution
try:
    # First invocation will raise an exception due to the `get_info` task failing
    main.invoke({'any_input': 'foobar'}, config=config)
except ValueError:
    pass  # Handle the failure gracefully
```

When we resume execution, we won't need to re-run the `slow_task` as its result is already saved in the checkpoint.

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
main.invoke(None, config=config)
```

```pycon theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
'Ran slow task.'
```

## Human-in-the-loop

The functional API supports [human-in-the-loop](/oss/python/langgraph/interrupts) workflows using the [`interrupt`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langgraph/types/interrupt) function and the `Command` primitive.

### Basic human-in-the-loop workflow

We will create three [tasks](/oss/python/langgraph/functional-api#task):

1. Append `"bar"`.
2. Pause for human input. When resuming, append human input.
3. Append `"qux"`.

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
from langgraph.func import entrypoint, task
from langgraph.types import Command, interrupt


@task
def step_1(input_query):
    """Append bar."""
    return f"{input_query} bar"


@task
def human_feedback(input_query):
    """Append user input."""
    feedback = interrupt(f"Please provide feedback: {input_query}")
    return f"{input_query} {feedback}"


@task
def step_3(input_query):
    """Append qux."""
    return f"{input_query} qux"
```

We can now compose these tasks in an [entrypoint](/oss/python/langgraph/functional-api#entrypoint):

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver

checkpointer = InMemorySaver()


@entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
def graph(input_query):
    result_1 = step_1(input_query).result()
    result_2 = human_feedback(result_1).result()
    result_3 = step_3(result_2).result()

    return result_3
```

[interrupt()](/oss/python/langgraph/interrupts#pause-using-interrupt) is called inside a task, enabling a human to review and edit the output of the previous task. The results of prior tasks-- in this case `step_1`-- are persisted, so that they are not run again following the [`interrupt`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langgraph/types/interrupt).

Let's send in a query string:

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "1"}}

for event in graph.stream("foo", config):
    print(event)
    print("\n")
```

Note that we've paused with an [`interrupt`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langgraph/types/interrupt) after `step_1`. The interrupt provides instructions to resume the run. To resume, we issue a [`Command`](/oss/python/langgraph/interrupts#resuming-interrupts) containing the data expected by the `human_feedback` task.

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
# Continue execution
for event in graph.stream(Command(resume="baz"), config):
    print(event)
    print("\n")
```

After resuming, the run proceeds through the remaining step and terminates as expected.

### Review tool calls

To review tool calls before execution, we add a `review_tool_call` function that calls [`interrupt`](/oss/python/langgraph/interrupts#pause-using-interrupt). When this function is called, execution will be paused until we issue a command to resume it.

Given a tool call, our function will [`interrupt`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langgraph/types/interrupt) for human review. At that point we can either:

* Accept the tool call
* Revise the tool call and continue
* Generate a custom tool message (e.g., instructing the model to re-format its tool call)

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
from typing import Union

def review_tool_call(tool_call: ToolCall) -> Union[ToolCall, ToolMessage]:
    """Review a tool call, returning a validated version."""
    human_review = interrupt(
        {
            "question": "Is this correct?",
            "tool_call": tool_call,
        }
    )
    review_action = human_review["action"]
    review_data = human_review.get("data")
    if review_action == "continue":
        return tool_call
    elif review_action == "update":
        updated_tool_call = {**tool_call, **{"args": review_data}}
        return updated_tool_call
    elif review_action == "feedback":
        return ToolMessage(
            content=review_data, name=tool_call["name"], tool_call_id=tool_call["id"]
        )
```

We can now update our [entrypoint](/oss/python/langgraph/functional-api#entrypoint) to review the generated tool calls. If a tool call is accepted or revised, we execute in the same way as before. Otherwise, we just append the [`ToolMessage`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langchain-core/messages/tool/ToolMessage) supplied by the human. The results of prior tasks—in this case the initial model call—are persisted, so that they are not run again following the [`interrupt`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langgraph/types/interrupt).

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver
from langgraph.graph.message import add_messages
from langgraph.types import Command, interrupt


checkpointer = InMemorySaver()


@entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
def agent(messages, previous):
    if previous is not None:
        messages = add_messages(previous, messages)

    model_response = call_model(messages).result()
    while True:
        if not model_response.tool_calls:
            break

        # Review tool calls
        tool_results = []
        tool_calls = []
        for i, tool_call in enumerate(model_response.tool_calls):
            review = review_tool_call(tool_call)
            if isinstance(review, ToolMessage):
                tool_results.append(review)
            else:  # is a validated tool call
                tool_calls.append(review)
                if review != tool_call:
                    model_response.tool_calls[i] = review  # update message

        # Execute remaining tool calls
        tool_result_futures = [call_tool(tool_call) for tool_call in tool_calls]
        remaining_tool_results = [fut.result() for fut in tool_result_futures]

        # Append to message list
        messages = add_messages(
            messages,
            [model_response, *tool_results, *remaining_tool_results],
        )

        # Call model again
        model_response = call_model(messages).result()

    # Generate final response
    messages = add_messages(messages, model_response)
    return entrypoint.final(value=model_response, save=messages)
```

## Short-term memory

Short-term memory allows storing information across different **invocations** of the same **thread id**. See [short-term memory](/oss/python/langgraph/functional-api#short-term-memory) for more details.

### Manage checkpoints

You can view and delete the information stored by the checkpointer.

<a id="checkpoint" />

#### View thread state

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
config = {
    "configurable": {
        "thread_id": "1",  # [!code highlight]
        # optionally provide an ID for a specific checkpoint,
        # otherwise the latest checkpoint is shown
        # "checkpoint_id": "1f029ca3-1f5b-6704-8004-820c16b69a5a"  # [!code highlight]

    }
}
graph.get_state(config)  # [!code highlight]
```

```
StateSnapshot(
    values={'messages': [HumanMessage(content="hi! I'm bob"), AIMessage(content='Hi Bob! How are you doing today?), HumanMessage(content="what's my name?"), AIMessage(content='Your name is Bob.')]}, next=(),
    config={'configurable': {'thread_id': '1', 'checkpoint_ns': '', 'checkpoint_id': '1f029ca3-1f5b-6704-8004-820c16b69a5a'}},
    metadata={
        'source': 'loop',
        'writes': {'call_model': {'messages': AIMessage(content='Your name is Bob.')}},
        'step': 4,
        'parents': {},
        'thread_id': '1'
    },
    created_at='2025-05-05T16:01:24.680462+00:00',
    parent_config={'configurable': {'thread_id': '1', 'checkpoint_ns': '', 'checkpoint_id': '1f029ca3-1790-6b0a-8003-baf965b6a38f'}},
    tasks=(),
    interrupts=()
)
```

<a id="checkpoints" />

#### View the history of the thread

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
config = {
    "configurable": {
        "thread_id": "1"  # [!code highlight]
    }
}
list(graph.get_state_history(config))  # [!code highlight]
```

```
[
    StateSnapshot(
        values={'messages': [HumanMessage(content="hi! I'm bob"), AIMessage(content='Hi Bob! How are you doing today? Is there anything I can help you with?'), HumanMessage(content="what's my name?"), AIMessage(content='Your name is Bob.')]},
        next=(),
        config={'configurable': {'thread_id': '1', 'checkpoint_ns': '', 'checkpoint_id': '1f029ca3-1f5b-6704-8004-820c16b69a5a'}},
        metadata={'source': 'loop', 'writes': {'call_model': {'messages': AIMessage(content='Your name is Bob.')}}, 'step': 4, 'parents': {}, 'thread_id': '1'},
        created_at='2025-05-05T16:01:24.680462+00:00',
        parent_config={'configurable': {'thread_id': '1', 'checkpoint_ns': '', 'checkpoint_id': '1f029ca3-1790-6b0a-8003-baf965b6a38f'}},
        tasks=(),
        interrupts=()
    ),
    StateSnapshot(
        values={'messages': [HumanMessage(content="hi! I'm bob"), AIMessage(content='Hi Bob! How are you doing today? Is there anything I can help you with?'), HumanMessage(content="what's my name?")]},
        next=('call_model',),
        config={'configurable': {'thread_id': '1', 'checkpoint_ns': '', 'checkpoint_id': '1f029ca3-1790-6b0a-8003-baf965b6a38f'}},
        metadata={'source': 'loop', 'writes': None, 'step': 3, 'parents': {}, 'thread_id': '1'},
        created_at='2025-05-05T16:01:23.863421+00:00',
        parent_config={...}
        tasks=(PregelTask(id='8ab4155e-6b15-b885-9ce5-bed69a2c305c', name='call_model', path=('__pregel_pull', 'call_model'), error=None, interrupts=(), state=None, result={'messages': AIMessage(content='Your name is Bob.')}),),
        interrupts=()
    ),
    StateSnapshot(
        values={'messages': [HumanMessage(content="hi! I'm bob"), AIMessage(content='Hi Bob! How are you doing today? Is there anything I can help you with?')]},
        next=('__start__',),
        config={...},
        metadata={'source': 'input', 'writes': {'__start__': {'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': "what's my name?"}]}}, 'step': 2, 'parents': {}, 'thread_id': '1'},
        created_at='2025-05-05T16:01:23.863173+00:00',
        parent_config={...}
        tasks=(PregelTask(id='24ba39d6-6db1-4c9b-f4c5-682aeaf38dcd', name='__start__', path=('__pregel_pull', '__start__'), error=None, interrupts=(), state=None, result={'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': "what's my name?"}]}),),
        interrupts=()
    ),
    StateSnapshot(
        values={'messages': [HumanMessage(content="hi! I'm bob"), AIMessage(content='Hi Bob! How are you doing today? Is there anything I can help you with?')]},
        next=(),
        config={...},
        metadata={'source': 'loop', 'writes': {'call_model': {'messages': AIMessage(content='Hi Bob! How are you doing today? Is there anything I can help you with?')}}, 'step': 1, 'parents': {}, 'thread_id': '1'},
        created_at='2025-05-05T16:01:23.862295+00:00',
        parent_config={...}
        tasks=(),
        interrupts=()
    ),
    StateSnapshot(
        values={'messages': [HumanMessage(content="hi! I'm bob")]},
        next=('call_model',),
        config={...},
        metadata={'source': 'loop', 'writes': None, 'step': 0, 'parents': {}, 'thread_id': '1'},
        created_at='2025-05-05T16:01:22.278960+00:00',
        parent_config={...}
        tasks=(PregelTask(id='8cbd75e0-3720-b056-04f7-71ac805140a0', name='call_model', path=('__pregel_pull', 'call_model'), error=None, interrupts=(), state=None, result={'messages': AIMessage(content='Hi Bob! How are you doing today? Is there anything I can help you with?')}),),
        interrupts=()
    ),
    StateSnapshot(
        values={'messages': []},
        next=('__start__',),
        config={'configurable': {'thread_id': '1', 'checkpoint_ns': '', 'checkpoint_id': '1f029ca3-0870-6ce2-bfff-1f3f14c3e565'}},
        metadata={'source': 'input', 'writes': {'__start__': {'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': "hi! I'm bob"}]}}, 'step': -1, 'parents': {}, 'thread_id': '1'},
        created_at='2025-05-05T16:01:22.277497+00:00',
        parent_config=None,
        tasks=(PregelTask(id='d458367b-8265-812c-18e2-33001d199ce6', name='__start__', path=('__pregel_pull', '__start__'), error=None, interrupts=(), state=None, result={'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': "hi! I'm bob"}]}),),
        interrupts=()
    )
]
```

### Decouple return value from saved value

Use `entrypoint.final` to decouple what is returned to the caller from what is persisted in the checkpoint. This is useful when:

* You want to return a computed result (e.g., a summary or status), but save a different internal value for use on the next invocation.
* You need to control what gets passed to the previous parameter on the next run.

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
from langgraph.func import entrypoint
from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver

checkpointer = InMemorySaver()

@entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
def accumulate(n: int, *, previous: int | None) -> entrypoint.final[int, int]:
    previous = previous or 0
    total = previous + n
    # Return the *previous* value to the caller but save the *new* total to the checkpoint.
    return entrypoint.final(value=previous, save=total)

config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "my-thread"}}

print(accumulate.invoke(1, config=config))  # 0
print(accumulate.invoke(2, config=config))  # 1
print(accumulate.invoke(3, config=config))  # 3
```

### Chatbot example

An example of a simple chatbot using the functional API and the [`InMemorySaver`](https://reference.langchain.com/python/langgraph/checkpoints/#langgraph.checkpoint.memory.InMemorySaver) checkpointer.

The bot is able to remember the previous conversation and continue from where it left off.

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"catppuccin-latte","dark":"catppuccin-mocha"}}
from langchain.messages import BaseMessage
from langgraph.graph import add_messages
from langgraph.func import entrypoint, task
from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver
from langchain_anthropic import ChatAnthropic

model = ChatAnthropic(model="claude-sonnet-4-6")

@task
def call_model(messages: list[BaseMessage]):
    response = model.invoke(messages)
    return response

checkpointer = InMemorySaver()

@entrypoint(checkpointer=checkpointer)
def workflow(inputs: list[BaseMessage], *, previous: list[BaseMessage]):
    if previous:
        inputs = add_messages(previous, inputs)

    response = call_model(inputs).result()
    return entrypoint.final(value=response, save=add_messages(inputs, response))

config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "1"}}
input_message = {"role": "user", "content": "hi! I'm bob"}
for chunk in workflow.stream([input_message], config, stream_mode="values"):
    chunk.pretty_print()

input_message = {"role": "user", "content": "what's my name?"}
for chunk in workflow.stream([input_message], config, stream_mode="values"):
    chunk.pretty_print()
```

## Long-term memory

[long-term memory](/oss/python/concepts/memory#long-term-memory) allows storing information across different **thread ids**. This could be useful for learning information about a given user in one conversation and using it in another.

## Workflows

* [Workflows and agent](/oss/python/langgraph/workflows-agents) guide for more examples of how to build workflows using the Functional API.

## Integrate with other libraries

* [Add LangGraph's features to other frameworks using the functional API](/langsmith/deploy-other-frameworks): Add LangGraph features like persistence, memory and streaming to other agent frameworks that do not provide them out of the box.

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