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# Branch node

Use a conditions branch node to create different branches in your agentic workflow. When conditions are evaluated, conditions branch nodes execute only the first matching path, providing sequential decision-making logic similar to if-else statements.

To configure a conditions branch node, call the `conditions()` method to create a branch with conditional expressions.

The example below demonstrates how to configure a branch node.

```py Python [expandable] theme={null}
"""
Based on the request, we will return the list of facts about the pet.
A pet can be either a cat or a dog.
"""

from pydantic import BaseModel, Field

from ibm_watsonx_orchestrate.flow_builder.flows import (
    Flow, flow, START, END, Branch
)

class Pet(BaseModel):
    kind: str = Field(description="the kind of pet: dog or cat")

class PetFacts(BaseModel):
    facts: list[str] = Field(description="A list of facts about the pet")

@flow(
        name = "get_pet_facts_if_else",
        input_schema = Pet,
        output_schema = PetFacts
)
def build_get_pet_facts_if_else_flow(aflow: Flow) -> Flow:
    """ Based on the request, we will return the list of facts about the pet. A pet can be either a cat or a dog. """
    
    dog_fact_node = aflow.tool("getDogFact")
    cat_fact_node = aflow.tool("getCatFact")

    # create a branch with conditions
    check_pet_kind_conditions_branch: Branch = aflow.conditions()
    check_pet_kind_conditions_branch.condition(
        expression="flow.input.kind.strip().lower() == 'dog'", to_node=dog_fact_node
        ).condition(expression="flow.input.kind.strip().lower() == 'cat'", to_node=cat_fact_node
        ).condition(to_node=dog_fact_node, default=True)
    aflow.edge(START, check_pet_kind_conditions_branch)


    aflow.edge(dog_fact_node, END)
    aflow.edge(cat_fact_node, END)

    return aflow
```