diff --git a/docs/examples/demos/self_ask_with_search.ipynb b/docs/examples/demos/self_ask_with_search.ipynb
index 6cbc7c97054..bf271cb3fe1 100644
--- a/docs/examples/demos/self_ask_with_search.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples/demos/self_ask_with_search.ipynb
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "\n",
-      "\n",
-      "\u001b[1m> Entering new chain...\u001b[0m\n",
       "\n",
       "\n",
       "\u001b[1m> Entering new chain...\u001b[0m\n",
@@ -33,8 +30,6 @@
       "\u001b[32;1m\u001b[1;3mFollow up: Where is Carlos Alcaraz from?\u001b[0m\n",
       "Intermediate answer: \u001b[36;1m\u001b[1;3mEl Palmar, Spain\u001b[0m\n",
       "\u001b[32;1m\u001b[1;3mSo the final answer is: El Palmar, Spain\u001b[0m\n",
-      "\u001b[1m> Finished chain.\u001b[0m\n",
-      "\n",
       "\u001b[1m> Finished chain.\u001b[0m\n"
      ]
     },
diff --git a/langchain/__init__.py b/langchain/__init__.py
index 1591eb8f31b..d567d63eee6 100644
--- a/langchain/__init__.py
+++ b/langchain/__init__.py
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ with open(Path(__file__).absolute().parents[0] / "VERSION") as _f:
 from langchain.chains import (
     LLMChain,
     LLMMathChain,
-    MRKLChain,
     PythonChain,
-    ReActChain,
-    SelfAskWithSearchChain,
     SerpAPIChain,
     SQLDatabaseChain,
     VectorDBQA,
@@ -19,6 +16,7 @@ from langchain.chains import (
 from langchain.docstore import Wikipedia
 from langchain.llms import Cohere, HuggingFaceHub, OpenAI
 from langchain.prompts import BasePromptTemplate, PromptTemplate
+from langchain.smart_chains import MRKLChain, ReActChain, SelfAskWithSearchChain
 from langchain.sql_database import SQLDatabase
 from langchain.vectorstores import FAISS, ElasticVectorSearch
 
diff --git a/langchain/chains/__init__.py b/langchain/chains/__init__.py
index ae27d37ea3a..41654ed9bbe 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/__init__.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 """Chains are easily reusable components which can be linked together."""
 from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
 from langchain.chains.llm_math.base import LLMMathChain
-from langchain.chains.mrkl.base import MRKLChain
 from langchain.chains.python import PythonChain
-from langchain.chains.react.base import ReActChain
-from langchain.chains.self_ask_with_search.base import SelfAskWithSearchChain
 from langchain.chains.serpapi import SerpAPIChain
 from langchain.chains.sql_database.base import SQLDatabaseChain
 from langchain.chains.vector_db_qa.base import VectorDBQA
@@ -13,10 +10,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "LLMChain",
     "LLMMathChain",
     "PythonChain",
-    "SelfAskWithSearchChain",
     "SerpAPIChain",
-    "ReActChain",
     "SQLDatabaseChain",
-    "MRKLChain",
     "VectorDBQA",
 ]
diff --git a/langchain/smart_chains/__init__.py b/langchain/smart_chains/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b049008ef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langchain/smart_chains/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""Smart chains."""
+from langchain.smart_chains.mrkl.base import MRKLChain
+from langchain.smart_chains.react.base import ReActChain
+from langchain.smart_chains.self_ask_with_search.base import SelfAskWithSearchChain
+
+__all__ = ["MRKLChain", "SelfAskWithSearchChain", "ReActChain"]
diff --git a/langchain/chains/mrkl/__init__.py b/langchain/smart_chains/mrkl/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from langchain/chains/mrkl/__init__.py
rename to langchain/smart_chains/mrkl/__init__.py
diff --git a/langchain/chains/mrkl/base.py b/langchain/smart_chains/mrkl/base.py
similarity index 65%
rename from langchain/chains/mrkl/base.py
rename to langchain/smart_chains/mrkl/base.py
index 3aa63b5066f..db357ae1d9c 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/mrkl/base.py
+++ b/langchain/smart_chains/mrkl/base.py
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 """Attempt to implement MRKL systems as described in arxiv.org/pdf/2205.00445.pdf."""
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Callable, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra
-
-from langchain.chains.base import Chain
 from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
-from langchain.chains.mrkl.prompt import BASE_TEMPLATE
-from langchain.chains.router import LLMRouterChain
-from langchain.input import ChainedInput, get_color_mapping
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
-from langchain.prompts import BasePromptTemplate, PromptTemplate
-from langchain.chains.router_expert import RouterExpertChain, ExpertConfig
+from langchain.prompts import PromptTemplate
+from langchain.smart_chains.mrkl.prompt import BASE_TEMPLATE
+from langchain.smart_chains.router import LLMRouterChain
+from langchain.smart_chains.router_expert import ExpertConfig, RouterExpertChain
 
 FINAL_ANSWER_ACTION = "Final Answer: "
 
@@ -79,33 +75,20 @@ class MRKLRouterChain(LLMRouterChain):
         return get_action_and_input(text)
 
 
-class MRKLChain(Chain, BaseModel):
+class MRKLChain(RouterExpertChain):
     """Chain that implements the MRKL system.
 
     Example:
         .. code-block:: python
 
-            from langchain import OpenAI, Prompt, MRKLChain
+            from langchain import OpenAI, MRKLChain
             from langchain.chains.mrkl.base import ChainConfig
             llm = OpenAI(temperature=0)
             prompt = PromptTemplate(...)
-            action_to_chain_map = {...}
-            mrkl = MRKLChain(
-                llm=llm,
-                prompt=prompt,
-                action_to_chain_map=action_to_chain_map
-            )
+            chains = [...]
+            mrkl = MRKLChain.from_chains(llm=llm, prompt=prompt)
     """
 
-    llm: LLM
-    """LLM wrapper to use as router."""
-    chain_configs: List[ChainConfig]
-    """Chain configs this chain has access to."""
-    action_to_chain_map: Dict[str, Callable]
-    """Mapping from action name to chain to execute."""
-    input_key: str = "question"  #: :meta private:
-    output_key: str = "answer"  #: :meta private:
-
     @classmethod
     def from_chains(
         cls, llm: LLM, chains: List[ChainConfig], **kwargs: Any
@@ -145,47 +128,8 @@ class MRKLChain(Chain, BaseModel):
                 ]
                 mrkl = MRKLChain.from_chains(llm, chains)
         """
-        action_to_chain_map = {chain.action_name: chain.action for chain in chains}
-        return cls(
-            llm=llm,
-            chain_configs=chains,
-            action_to_chain_map=action_to_chain_map,
-            **kwargs,
-        )
-
-    class Config:
-        """Configuration for this pydantic object."""
-
-        extra = Extra.forbid
-        arbitrary_types_allowed = True
-
-    @property
-    def input_keys(self) -> List[str]:
-        """Expect input key.
-
-        :meta private:
-        """
-        return [self.input_key]
-
-    @property
-    def output_keys(self) -> List[str]:
-        """Expect output key.
-
-        :meta private:
-        """
-        return [self.output_key]
-
-    def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
-        router_chain = MRKLRouterChain(self.llm, self.chain_configs)
-        question = inputs[self.input_key]
+        router_chain = MRKLRouterChain(llm, chains)
         expert_configs = [
-            ExpertConfig(expert_name=c.action_name, expert=c.action)
-            for c in self.chain_configs
+            ExpertConfig(expert_name=c.action_name, expert=c.action) for c in chains
         ]
-        chain = RouterExpertChain(
-            router_chain=router_chain,
-            expert_configs=expert_configs,
-            verbose=self.verbose
-        )
-        output = chain.run(question)
-        return {self.output_key: output}
+        return cls(router_chain=router_chain, expert_configs=expert_configs, **kwargs)
diff --git a/langchain/chains/mrkl/prompt.py b/langchain/smart_chains/mrkl/prompt.py
similarity index 100%
rename from langchain/chains/mrkl/prompt.py
rename to langchain/smart_chains/mrkl/prompt.py
diff --git a/langchain/chains/react/__init__.py b/langchain/smart_chains/react/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from langchain/chains/react/__init__.py
rename to langchain/smart_chains/react/__init__.py
diff --git a/langchain/chains/react/base.py b/langchain/smart_chains/react/base.py
similarity index 61%
rename from langchain/chains/react/base.py
rename to langchain/smart_chains/react/base.py
index fd11fcd4533..44db72015e5 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/react/base.py
+++ b/langchain/smart_chains/react/base.py
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 """Chain that implements the ReAct paper from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.03629.pdf."""
 import re
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Optional, Tuple
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from langchain.chains.base import Chain
 from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
-from langchain.chains.react.prompt import PROMPT
-from langchain.chains.router import LLMRouterChain
 from langchain.docstore.base import Docstore
 from langchain.docstore.document import Document
-from langchain.input import ChainedInput
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
-from langchain.chains.router_expert import RouterExpertChain, ExpertConfig
+from langchain.smart_chains.react.prompt import PROMPT
+from langchain.smart_chains.router import LLMRouterChain
+from langchain.smart_chains.router_expert import ExpertConfig, RouterExpertChain
 
 
 class ReActRouterChain(LLMRouterChain, BaseModel):
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ class ReActRouterChain(LLMRouterChain, BaseModel):
 
     @property
     def finish_action_name(self) -> str:
-        """The action name of when to finish the chain."""
+        """Name of the action of when to finish the chain."""
         return "Finish"
 
     @property
@@ -61,12 +59,15 @@ class ReActRouterChain(LLMRouterChain, BaseModel):
 
 
 class DocstoreExplorer:
+    """Class to assist with exploration of a document store."""
 
     def __init__(self, docstore: Docstore):
-        self.docstore=docstore
-        self.document = None
+        """Initialize with a docstore, and set initial document to None."""
+        self.docstore = docstore
+        self.document: Optional[Document] = None
 
-    def search(self, term: str):
+    def search(self, term: str) -> str:
+        """Search for a term in the docstore, and if found save."""
         result = self.docstore.search(term)
         if isinstance(result, Document):
             self.document = result
@@ -75,13 +76,14 @@ class DocstoreExplorer:
             self.document = None
             return result
 
-    def lookup(self, term: str):
+    def lookup(self, term: str) -> str:
+        """Lookup a term in document (if saved)."""
         if self.document is None:
             raise ValueError("Cannot lookup without a successful search first")
         return self.document.lookup(term)
 
 
-class ReActChain(Chain, BaseModel):
+class ReActChain(RouterExpertChain):
     """Chain that implements the ReAct paper.
 
     Example:
@@ -91,47 +93,14 @@ class ReActChain(Chain, BaseModel):
             react = ReAct(llm=OpenAI())
     """
 
-    llm: LLM
-    """LLM wrapper to use."""
-    docstore: Docstore
-    """Docstore to use."""
-    input_key: str = "question"  #: :meta private:
-    output_key: str = "answer"  #: :meta private:
-
-    class Config:
-        """Configuration for this pydantic object."""
-
-        extra = Extra.forbid
-        arbitrary_types_allowed = True
-
-    @property
-    def input_keys(self) -> List[str]:
-        """Expect input key.
-
-        :meta private:
-        """
-        return [self.input_key]
-
-    @property
-    def output_keys(self) -> List[str]:
-        """Expect output key.
-
-        :meta private:
-        """
-        return [self.output_key]
-
-    def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, str]:
-        question = inputs[self.input_key]
-        router_chain = ReActRouterChain(self.llm)
-        docstore_explorer = DocstoreExplorer(self.docstore)
+    def __init__(self, llm: LLM, docstore: Docstore, **kwargs: Any):
+        """Initialize with the LLM and a docstore."""
+        router_chain = ReActRouterChain(llm)
+        docstore_explorer = DocstoreExplorer(docstore)
         expert_configs = [
             ExpertConfig(expert_name="Search", expert=docstore_explorer.search),
-            ExpertConfig(expert_name="Lookup", expert=docstore_explorer.lookup)
+            ExpertConfig(expert_name="Lookup", expert=docstore_explorer.lookup),
         ]
-        chain = RouterExpertChain(
-            router_chain=router_chain,
-            expert_configs=expert_configs,
-            verbose=self.verbose
+        super().__init__(
+            router_chain=router_chain, expert_configs=expert_configs, **kwargs
         )
-        output = chain.run(question)
-        return {self.output_key: output}
diff --git a/langchain/chains/react/prompt.py b/langchain/smart_chains/react/prompt.py
similarity index 100%
rename from langchain/chains/react/prompt.py
rename to langchain/smart_chains/react/prompt.py
diff --git a/langchain/chains/router.py b/langchain/smart_chains/router.py
similarity index 97%
rename from langchain/chains/router.py
rename to langchain/smart_chains/router.py
index c8adc5a8b88..1593607171b 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/router.py
+++ b/langchain/smart_chains/router.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class RouterChain(Chain, BaseModel, ABC):
 
     @property
     def finish_action_name(self) -> str:
-        """The action name of when to finish the chain."""
+        """Name of the action of when to finish the chain."""
         return "Final Answer"
 
     def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
diff --git a/langchain/chains/router_expert.py b/langchain/smart_chains/router_expert.py
similarity index 80%
rename from langchain/chains/router_expert.py
rename to langchain/smart_chains/router_expert.py
index e268cb9731a..408e9ad8cc4 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/router_expert.py
+++ b/langchain/smart_chains/router_expert.py
@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
 """Router-Expert framework."""
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Callable, Dict, List, NamedTuple
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra
 
 from langchain.chains.base import Chain
-from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
-from langchain.chains.mrkl.prompt import BASE_TEMPLATE
-from langchain.chains.router import LLMRouterChain
 from langchain.input import ChainedInput, get_color_mapping
-from langchain.llms.base import LLM
-from langchain.prompts import BasePromptTemplate, PromptTemplate
-from langchain.chains.router import RouterChain
-
-
+from langchain.smart_chains.router import RouterChain
 
 
 class ExpertConfig(NamedTuple):
+    """Configuration for experts."""
 
     expert_name: str
     expert: Callable[[str], str]
@@ -57,8 +51,14 @@ class RouterExpertChain(Chain, BaseModel):
 
     def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
         action_to_chain_map = {e.expert_name: e.expert for e in self.expert_configs}
+        starter_string = (
+            inputs[self.input_key]
+            + self.starter_string
+            + self.router_chain.router_prefix
+        )
         chained_input = ChainedInput(
-            f"{inputs[self.input_key]}{self.starter_string}{self.router_chain.router_prefix}", verbose=self.verbose
+            starter_string,
+            verbose=self.verbose,
         )
         color_mapping = get_color_mapping(
             [c.expert_name for c in self.expert_configs], excluded_colors=["green"]
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ class RouterExpertChain(Chain, BaseModel):
             ca = chain(action_input)
             chained_input.add(f"\n{self.router_chain.observation_prefix}")
             chained_input.add(ca, color=color_mapping[action])
-            chained_input.add(f"\n{self.router_chain.router_prefix}")
\ No newline at end of file
+            chained_input.add(f"\n{self.router_chain.router_prefix}")
diff --git a/langchain/chains/self_ask_with_search/__init__.py b/langchain/smart_chains/self_ask_with_search/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from langchain/chains/self_ask_with_search/__init__.py
rename to langchain/smart_chains/self_ask_with_search/__init__.py
diff --git a/langchain/chains/self_ask_with_search/base.py b/langchain/smart_chains/self_ask_with_search/base.py
similarity index 53%
rename from langchain/chains/self_ask_with_search/base.py
rename to langchain/smart_chains/self_ask_with_search/base.py
index ed6efee05f8..fa501b783e6 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/self_ask_with_search/base.py
+++ b/langchain/smart_chains/self_ask_with_search/base.py
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 """Chain that does self ask with search."""
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Tuple
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra
-
-from langchain.chains.base import Chain
 from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
-from langchain.chains.router import LLMRouterChain
-from langchain.chains.self_ask_with_search.prompt import PROMPT
 from langchain.chains.serpapi import SerpAPIChain
-from langchain.input import ChainedInput
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
-from langchain.chains.router_expert import RouterExpertChain, ExpertConfig
+from langchain.smart_chains.router import LLMRouterChain
+from langchain.smart_chains.router_expert import ExpertConfig, RouterExpertChain
+from langchain.smart_chains.self_ask_with_search.prompt import PROMPT
 
 
 class SelfAskWithSearchRouter(LLMRouterChain):
@@ -32,7 +28,7 @@ class SelfAskWithSearchRouter(LLMRouterChain):
             finish_string = "So the final answer is: "
             if finish_string not in last_line:
                 raise ValueError("We should probably never get here")
-            return "Final Answer", text[len(finish_string):]
+            return "Final Answer", text[len(finish_string) :]
 
         if ":" not in last_line:
             after_colon = last_line
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ class SelfAskWithSearchRouter(LLMRouterChain):
         return ""
 
 
-class SelfAskWithSearchChain(Chain, BaseModel):
+class SelfAskWithSearchChain(RouterExpertChain):
     """Chain that does self ask with search.
 
     Example:
@@ -68,39 +64,16 @@ class SelfAskWithSearchChain(Chain, BaseModel):
             self_ask = SelfAskWithSearchChain(llm=OpenAI(), search_chain=search_chain)
     """
 
-    llm: LLM
-    """LLM wrapper to use."""
-    search_chain: SerpAPIChain
-    """Search chain to use."""
-    input_key: str = "question"  #: :meta private:
-    output_key: str = "answer"  #: :meta private:
-
-    class Config:
-        """Configuration for this pydantic object."""
-
-        extra = Extra.forbid
-        arbitrary_types_allowed = True
-
-    @property
-    def input_keys(self) -> List[str]:
-        """Expect input key.
-
-        :meta private:
-        """
-        return [self.input_key]
-
-    @property
-    def output_keys(self) -> List[str]:
-        """Expect output key.
-
-        :meta private:
-        """
-        return [self.output_key]
-
-    def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    def __init__(self, llm: LLM, search_chain: SerpAPIChain, **kwargs: Any):
+        """Initialize with just an LLM and a search chain."""
         intermediate = "\nIntermediate answer:"
-        router = SelfAskWithSearchRouter(self.llm, stops=[intermediate])
-        expert_configs = [ExpertConfig(expert_name="Intermediate Answer", expert=self.search_chain.run)]
-        chain = RouterExpertChain(router_chain=router, expert_configs=expert_configs, verbose=self.verbose, starter_string="\nAre follow up questions needed here:")
-        output = chain.run(inputs[self.input_key])
-        return {self.output_key: output}
+        router = SelfAskWithSearchRouter(llm, stops=[intermediate])
+        expert_configs = [
+            ExpertConfig(expert_name="Intermediate Answer", expert=search_chain.run)
+        ]
+        super().__init__(
+            router_chain=router,
+            expert_configs=expert_configs,
+            starter_string="\nAre follow up questions needed here:",
+            **kwargs
+        )
diff --git a/langchain/chains/self_ask_with_search/prompt.py b/langchain/smart_chains/self_ask_with_search/prompt.py
similarity index 100%
rename from langchain/chains/self_ask_with_search/prompt.py
rename to langchain/smart_chains/self_ask_with_search/prompt.py
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_react.py b/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_react.py
index 500b5cea9ff..3414701efe4 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_react.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_react.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """Integration test for self ask with search."""
 
-from langchain.chains.react.base import ReActChain
 from langchain.docstore.wikipedia import Wikipedia
 from langchain.llms.openai import OpenAI
+from langchain.smart_chains.react.base import ReActChain
 
 
 def test_react() -> None:
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_self_ask_with_search.py b/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_self_ask_with_search.py
index 7ec49a8b0cd..afc58ab8381 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_self_ask_with_search.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_self_ask_with_search.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Integration test for self ask with search."""
-from langchain.chains.self_ask_with_search.base import SelfAskWithSearchChain
 from langchain.chains.serpapi import SerpAPIChain
 from langchain.llms.openai import OpenAI
+from langchain.smart_chains.self_ask_with_search.base import SelfAskWithSearchChain
 
 
 def test_self_ask_with_search() -> None:
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/smart_chains/__init__.py b/tests/unit_tests/smart_chains/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b80a982738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/smart_chains/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Test smart chain functionality."""
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/chains/test_mrkl.py b/tests/unit_tests/smart_chains/test_mrkl.py
similarity index 95%
rename from tests/unit_tests/chains/test_mrkl.py
rename to tests/unit_tests/smart_chains/test_mrkl.py
index 5764351357f..fb95a04ae03 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/chains/test_mrkl.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/smart_chains/test_mrkl.py
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from langchain.chains.mrkl.base import (
+from langchain.prompts import PromptTemplate
+from langchain.smart_chains.mrkl.base import (
     ChainConfig,
     MRKLRouterChain,
     get_action_and_input,
 )
-from langchain.chains.mrkl.prompt import BASE_TEMPLATE
-from langchain.prompts import PromptTemplate
+from langchain.smart_chains.mrkl.prompt import BASE_TEMPLATE
 from tests.unit_tests.llms.fake_llm import FakeLLM
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/chains/test_react.py b/tests/unit_tests/smart_chains/test_react.py
similarity index 97%
rename from tests/unit_tests/chains/test_react.py
rename to tests/unit_tests/smart_chains/test_react.py
index c9a8ad14375..31d47fb1dbd 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/chains/test_react.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/smart_chains/test_react.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ from typing import Any, List, Mapping, Optional, Union
 
 import pytest
 
-from langchain.chains.react.base import ReActChain, ReActRouterChain
 from langchain.docstore.base import Docstore
 from langchain.docstore.document import Document
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
 from langchain.prompts.prompt import PromptTemplate
+from langchain.smart_chains.react.base import ReActChain, ReActRouterChain
 
 _PAGE_CONTENT = """This is a page about LangChain.