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Follow-Up Prompts

Open WebUI can automatically generate follow-up question suggestions after each model response. These suggestions appear as clickable chips below the response, helping you explore topics further without typing new prompts.

Settings​

Configure follow-up prompt behavior in Settings > Interface under the Chat section:

Follow-Up Auto-Generation​

Default: On

Automatically generates follow-up question suggestions after each response. These suggestions are generated by the task model based on the conversation context.

  • On: Follow-up prompts are generated after each model response
  • Off: No follow-up suggestions are generated

Keep Follow-Up Prompts in Chat​

Default: Off

By default, follow-up prompts only appear for the most recent message and disappear when you continue the conversation.

  • On: Follow-up prompts are preserved and remain visible for all messages in the chat history
  • Off: Only the last message shows follow-up prompts
Perfect for Knowledge Exploration

Enable this setting when exploring a knowledge base. You can see all the suggested follow-ups from previous responses, making it easy to revisit and explore alternative paths through the information.

Insert Follow-Up Prompt to Input​

Default: Off

Controls what happens when you click a follow-up prompt.

  • On: Clicking a follow-up inserts the text into the input field, allowing you to edit it before sending
  • Off: Clicking a follow-up immediately sends it as your next message

Taking one with Tab​

When a reply finishes, the first follow-up also appears as grey ghost text in the empty message box. Press Tab to write it into the input, then edit or send it. Type anything else and it disappears, so it never gets in the way of writing your own message.

It shows only while the box is empty and the last message is a finished reply, and it goes away as soon as the model starts generating again. The chips under the reply are unchanged, and this is the same suggestion as the first of them.

Regenerating Follow-Ups​

If you want to regenerate follow-up suggestions for a specific response, you can use the Regenerate Follow-ups action button from the community.

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