diff --git a/src/abstractions/backends.py b/src/abstractions/backends.py
index 9e4c369..a62f07d 100644
--- a/src/abstractions/backends.py
+++ b/src/abstractions/backends.py
@@ -697,15 +697,16 @@ def dict_to_dialogue_list(
 
 
 def fill_in_QA_template(
-    instruction: str,
+    instruction: str = "",
     input: str = "",
     suffix: str = "",
+    full_dict: dict = None,
     model_repoid_or_path: Union[Literal["alpaca", "mistral", "llama3"], str] = "alpaca",
 ) -> str:
     """Provided with a task instruction and (optionally) supplementary input, fill them into a QA template and return the resulting prompt.
 
-    :param instruction: The task instruction.
-    :type instruction: str
+    :param instruction: The task instruction, defaults to "". Either this or full_dict must be provided.
+    :type instruction: str, optional
     
     :param input: Supplementary input to the task, defaults to "".
     :type input: str, optional
@@ -713,6 +714,9 @@ def fill_in_QA_template(
     :param suffix: Suffix to add to the prompt, defaults to "".
     :type suffix: str, optional
     
+    :param full_dict: The full dictionary containing the instruction and input, defaults to None. Either this or instruction must be provided. If this is provided, instruction, input, and suffix will be ignored.
+    :type full_dict: dict, optional
+    
     :param model_repoid_or_path: The model repo ID or path (e.g., "meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct"), or one of the special values "alpaca" or "mistral" or "llama3", defaults to "alpaca".
     :type model_repoid_or_path: Union[Literal["alpaca", "mistral", "llama3"], str], optional
     
@@ -722,6 +726,18 @@ def fill_in_QA_template(
 
     instruction = instruction.strip()
     input = input.strip()
+    
+    # Convert full_dict to instruction and input
+    if full_dict and model_repoid_or_path in ["alpaca", "mistral"]:
+        assert "history" not in full_dict, "History field not supported with alpaca/mistral template."
+        assert "system" not in full_dict, "System field not supported with alpaca/mistral template."
+        
+        instruction = full_dict.get("instruction", "")
+        input = full_dict.get("input", "")
+        
+    if input and not instruction:
+        warnings.warn("Swapping instruction and input fields.")
+        instruction, input = input, instruction
 
     if model_repoid_or_path == "alpaca":
         if suffix:
@@ -757,7 +773,9 @@ def fill_in_QA_template(
                 f"Suffix not supported except with mistral template. Ignoring suffix."
             )
 
-        prompt = dict_to_dialogue_list({"instruction": instruction, "input": input})
+        prompt = dict_to_dialogue_list(
+            full_dict if full_dict else {"instruction": instruction, "input": input}
+        )
         tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_repoid_or_path)
         input_full = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
             prompt, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True