@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ class AnthropicLargeLanguageModel(LargeLanguageModel):
:param messages: List of PromptMessage to combine.
:return: Combined string with necessary human_prompt and ai_prompt tags.
"""
if not messages:
return ''
messages = messages.copy() # don't mutate the original list
if not isinstance(messages[-1], AssistantPromptMessage):
messages.append(AssistantPromptMessage(content=""))