DeepsetStaticAnswerBuilder

Generate a fixed response text every time it runs. Use it to provide fallback or default answers in conditional pipelines.

Key Features

• Returns a fixed, pre-configured answer text for every pipeline run.
• Useful for fallback paths in branching pipelines, such as returning a default message when a query is rejected or a condition is not met.
• Optionally attaches documents to the generated answer.
• Supports adding custom metadata to the answer using a configurable key-value pair.

Configuration

1. Drag the DeepsetStaticAnswerBuilder component onto the canvas from the Component Library.
2. Click on the component to open the configuration panel.
3. On the General tab:
   • Enter the answer_text — the fixed response text to return.
4. Go to the Advanced tab to configure additional settings:
   • Optionally set custom_meta_key and custom_meta_value to add custom metadata to the generated answer.

Connections

DeepsetStaticAnswerBuilder receives a query string as input. If it doesn't receive the query from a connected component, list it in the inputs section of the pipeline YAML. Optionally, it also accepts documents to include in the answer.

Connect its answers output to the pipeline Output component to surface the fixed response.

Usage Examples

Basic Configuration

  DeepsetStaticAnswerBuilder:
    type: deepset_cloud_custom_nodes.augmenters.static_answer_builder.DeepsetStaticAnswerBuilder
    init_parameters: {}

Using the Component in the Pipeline

This is an example pipeline where the Router classifies queries into injections and legitimate queries. It sends the injections to DeepsetStaticAnswerBuilder, which returns "Cannot answer", while the legitimate queries go to OutputAdapter.

components:
  # ...
    router:
      type: haystack.components.routers.transformers_text_router.TransformersTextRouter
      init_parameters:
        model: "JasperLS/deberta-v3-base-injection"
        labels: ["LEGIT", "INJECTION"]
        
    answer_builder:
      type: deepset_cloud_custom_nodes.augmenters.static_answer_builder.DeepsetStaticAnswerBuilder
      init_parameters:
        answer_text: "Cannot answer"
        custom_meta_key: "error_code"
        custom_meta_value: "403"
          
    output_adapter:
      type: haystack.components.converters.OutputAdapter
      init_parameters: 
        output_type: str
        template: >
          "Good question: {{query}}"

connections:  # Defines how the components are connected
  # ...
  - sender: router.INJECTION
    receiver: answer_builder.query 
  - sender: router.LEGIT
    receiver: output_adapter.query
    
 

Parameters

Inputs

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
query	str		The query string. If DeepsetStaticAnswerBuilder doesn't receive the query from a component it's connected to, you must list it in the inputs section of the pipeline YAML under query.
documents	Optional[List[Document]]	None	Documents to add to the answer.

Outputs

Parameter	Type	Description
answers	List[GeneratedAnswer]	A list of GeneratedAnswer objects. Each answer contains the answer text, the query, the documents (if provided), and custom metadata.

Init Parameters

These are the parameters you can configure in Pipeline Builder:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
answer_text	str		The text of the GeneratedAnswer this component outputs.
custom_meta_key	Optional[str]	None	The key for a custom metadata field to be included in the answer.
custom_meta_value	Optional[str]	None	The value for a custom metadata field to be included in the answer.

Run Method Parameters

These are the parameters you can configure for the component's run() method. This means you can pass these parameters at query time through the API, in Playground, or when running a job. For details, see Modify Pipeline Parameters at Query Time.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
query	str		The query string. If DeepsetStaticAnswerBuilder doesn't receive the query from a component it's connected to, you must list it in the inputs section of the pipeline YAML under query.
documents	Optional[List[Document]]	None	Documents to add to the answer.