Testing
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The Playground lets you run the current draft of an Agentic Flow interactively without publishing it.

.. image:: ../images/agentic-playground.png
   :alt: Agentic Flow Playground testing interface
   :align: center
   :width: 100%

| It is only available when the flow contains at least one **Input** component and one **Output** component.

Opening the Playground
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Click the **Playground** button (play icon) in the top-right of the editor header. A dialog opens with a chat-style interface connected to the live flow draft.

Send a message in the Playground to trigger the flow. The response is rendered when the Output component returns a result. Intermediate node outputs are not shown in the Playground view — use the Conversations tab after publishing for step-level traces.

Playground Availability
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The Playground button is disabled if the flow has no Input or Output component. A tooltip explains: *"Add an Input or Output to use the playground."* Once both are present, the button becomes active.

Variables and Context
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Variables defined in the Variables drawer are available to the flow during Playground runs. You can set variable values before running to test different scenarios.