Class: Signature

Declarative input/output contract for a DSPy predictor (dspy.Signature).

 classDiagram
    class Signature
    click Signature href "../Signature/"
      NamedThing <|-- Signature
        click NamedThing href "../NamedThing/"

      Signature : description

      Signature : id

      Signature : input_fields





        Signature --> "*" SignatureField : input_fields
        click SignatureField href "../SignatureField/"



      Signature : instructions

      Signature : name

      Signature : output_fields





        Signature --> "*" SignatureField : output_fields
        click SignatureField href "../SignatureField/"

Inheritance

NamedThing
- Signature

Class Properties

Property	Value
Class URI	dspy:Signature

Slots

Name	Cardinality and Range	Description	Inheritance
instructions	0..1 String	Free-form instructions string carried on a Signature (its `__doc__`)	direct
input_fields	* SignatureField	Ordered list of input fields on a Signature	direct
output_fields	* SignatureField	Ordered list of output fields on a Signature	direct
id	1 Identifier	Stable opaque identifier for an instance	NamedThing
name	0..1 String	Short human-readable name	NamedThing
description	0..1 String	Free-form description	NamedThing

Usages

used by	used in	type	used
Completions	signature	range	Signature
Predictor	signature	range	Signature
Predict	signature	range	Signature
ChainOfThought	signature	range	Signature
MultiChainComparison	signature	range	Signature
ReAct	signature	range	Signature
ReActV2	signature	range	Signature
ProgramOfThought	signature	range	Signature
CodeAct	signature	range	Signature

In Subsets

Core

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property	value
dspy_source_paths	['dspy/signatures/signature.py']
dspy_source_urls	['https://github.com/stanfordnlp/dspy/blob/main/dspy/signatures/signature.py']

Schema Source

from schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/dspy

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	dspy:Signature
native	dspy:Signature
related	iso22989:NLPComponentType
close	mellea:ApiModelSpec

LinkML Source

Direct

name: Signature
annotations:
  dspy_source_paths:
    tag: dspy_source_paths
    value:
    - dspy/signatures/signature.py
  dspy_source_urls:
    tag: dspy_source_urls
    value:
    - https://github.com/stanfordnlp/dspy/blob/main/dspy/signatures/signature.py
description: Declarative input/output contract for a DSPy predictor (``dspy.Signature``).
in_subset:
- core
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/dspy
close_mappings:
- mellea:ApiModelSpec
related_mappings:
- iso22989:NLPComponentType
is_a: NamedThing
slots:
- instructions
- input_fields
- output_fields
class_uri: dspy:Signature

Induced

name: Signature
annotations:
  dspy_source_paths:
    tag: dspy_source_paths
    value:
    - dspy/signatures/signature.py
  dspy_source_urls:
    tag: dspy_source_urls
    value:
    - https://github.com/stanfordnlp/dspy/blob/main/dspy/signatures/signature.py
description: Declarative input/output contract for a DSPy predictor (``dspy.Signature``).
in_subset:
- core
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/dspy
close_mappings:
- mellea:ApiModelSpec
related_mappings:
- iso22989:NLPComponentType
is_a: NamedThing
attributes:
  instructions:
    name: instructions
    description: Free-form instructions string carried on a Signature (its ``__doc__``).
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/dspy
    rank: 1000
    owner: Signature
    domain_of:
    - Signature
    range: string
  input_fields:
    name: input_fields
    description: Ordered list of input fields on a Signature.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/dspy
    rank: 1000
    owner: Signature
    domain_of:
    - Signature
    range: SignatureField
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
    inlined_as_list: true
  output_fields:
    name: output_fields
    description: Ordered list of output fields on a Signature.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/dspy
    rank: 1000
    owner: Signature
    domain_of:
    - Signature
    range: SignatureField
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
    inlined_as_list: true
  id:
    name: id
    description: Stable opaque identifier for an instance.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/dspy
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:identifier
    identifier: true
    owner: Signature
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: Identifier
    required: true
  name:
    name: name
    description: Short human-readable name.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/dspy
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: rdfs:label
    owner: Signature
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    - LMToolCallPart
    - LMMessage
    - LMToolSpec
    range: string
  description:
    name: description
    description: Free-form description.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/dspy
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: dct:description
    owner: Signature
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    - LMToolSpec
    range: string
class_uri: dspy:Signature