diff --git a/examples/models/llama/runner/static_attention_io_manager.h b/examples/models/llama/runner/static_attention_io_manager.h
index 74925a777a2..aeff4e09478 100644
--- a/examples/models/llama/runner/static_attention_io_manager.h
+++ b/examples/models/llama/runner/static_attention_io_manager.h
@@ -602,6 +602,39 @@ class StaticAttentionIOManager {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Prefill helper. Run multiple inferences as needed depending on the length
+   * of the prompt and method's input length. Returns the position in the output
+   * that corresponds to the end of the prompt during the last inference.
+   */
+  template <typename TokenT>
+  size_t prefill(
+      executorch::runtime::Span<TokenT> tokens,
+      executorch::runtime::Span<TokenT> input_buffer,
+      executorch::runtime::Method& method) {
+    size_t input_len = input_buffer.size();
+    get_mask(input_buffer.size()).set_causal_mask();
+
+    size_t batch_len = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i += input_len) {
+      batch_len = std::min(input_len, tokens.size() - i);
+      std::copy(&tokens[i], &tokens[i + batch_len], input_buffer.begin());
+      prepare(method);
+      ET_CHECK(method.execute() == executorch::runtime::Error::Ok);
+      update(
+          method,
+          config_.k_cache_output_indices,
+          config_.v_cache_output_indices,
+          batch_len);
+    }
+    return batch_len - 1;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Decode helper. The `sample` argument is called after each inference and
+   * should retrieve the logits from the `method` argument's output and return
+   * the sampled token.
+   */
   template <typename TokenT>
   std::vector<TokenT> decode(
       TokenT prev_tok,
@@ -632,6 +665,11 @@ class StaticAttentionIOManager {
     return generated_tokens;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Lookahead decode helper. The `sample` argument is called after each
+   * inference and should retrieve the logits from the `method` argument's
+   * output and return the sampled token for all output positions.
+   */
   template <typename TokenT>
   std::vector<TokenT> lookahead_decode(
       TokenT prev_tok,