diff --git a/sdks/python/src/opik/api_objects/experiment/__init__.py b/sdks/python/src/opik/api_objects/experiment/__init__.py
index 8fbfc7c5b7..1d18caff3d 100644
--- a/sdks/python/src/opik/api_objects/experiment/__init__.py
+++ b/sdks/python/src/opik/api_objects/experiment/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from .experiment import Experiment
+from .helpers import build_metadata_and_prompt_version
 
-__all__ = ["Experiment"]
+__all__ = ["Experiment", "build_metadata_and_prompt_version"]
diff --git a/sdks/python/src/opik/api_objects/experiment/helpers.py b/sdks/python/src/opik/api_objects/experiment/helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a02b6f10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdks/python/src/opik/api_objects/experiment/helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Mapping, Tuple, Any
+from .. import prompt
+import logging
+from opik import jsonable_encoder
+
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def build_metadata_and_prompt_version(
+    experiment_config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]], prompt: Optional[prompt.Prompt]
+) -> Tuple[Optional[Dict[str, Any]], Optional[Dict[str, str]]]:
+    metadata = None
+    prompt_version: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
+
+    if experiment_config is None:
+        experiment_config = {}
+
+    if not isinstance(experiment_config, Mapping):
+        LOGGER.error(
+            "Experiment config must be dictionary, but %s was provided. Provided config will be ignored.",
+            experiment_config,
+        )
+        experiment_config = {}
+
+    if prompt is not None and "prompt" in experiment_config:
+        LOGGER.warning(
+            "The prompt parameter will not be added to experiment since there is already `prompt` specified in experiment_config"
+        )
+        return (experiment_config, None)
+
+    if prompt is not None:
+        prompt_version = {"id": prompt.__internal_api__version_id__}
+        experiment_config["prompt"] = prompt.prompt
+
+    if experiment_config == {}:
+        return None, None
+
+    metadata = jsonable_encoder.jsonable_encoder(experiment_config)
+
+    return metadata, prompt_version
diff --git a/sdks/python/src/opik/api_objects/opik_client.py b/sdks/python/src/opik/api_objects/opik_client.py
index b34730bf92..9bb63d8e09 100644
--- a/sdks/python/src/opik/api_objects/opik_client.py
+++ b/sdks/python/src/opik/api_objects/opik_client.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import datetime
 import logging
 
-from typing import Optional, Any, Dict, List, Mapping
+from typing import Optional, Any, Dict, List
 
 from .prompt import Prompt
 from .prompt.client import PromptClient
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     datetime_helpers,
     config,
     httpx_client,
-    jsonable_encoder,
     url_helpers,
     rest_client_configurator,
 )
@@ -490,23 +489,10 @@ def create_experiment(
             experiment.Experiment: The newly created experiment object.
         """
         id = helpers.generate_id()
-        metadata = None
-        prompt_version: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
 
-        if isinstance(experiment_config, Mapping):
-            if prompt is not None:
-                prompt_version = {"id": prompt.__internal_api__version_id__}
-
-                if "prompt" not in experiment_config:
-                    experiment_config["prompt"] = prompt.prompt
-
-            metadata = jsonable_encoder.jsonable_encoder(experiment_config)
-
-        elif experiment_config is not None:
-            LOGGER.error(
-                "Experiment config must be dictionary, but %s was provided. Config will not be logged.",
-                experiment_config,
-            )
+        metadata, prompt_version = experiment.build_metadata_and_prompt_version(
+            experiment_config=experiment_config, prompt=prompt
+        )
 
         self._rest_client.experiments.create_experiment(
             name=name,
diff --git a/sdks/python/tests/unit/api_objects/experiment/__init__.py b/sdks/python/tests/unit/api_objects/experiment/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/sdks/python/tests/unit/api_objects/experiment/test_helpers.py b/sdks/python/tests/unit/api_objects/experiment/test_helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9699392800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdks/python/tests/unit/api_objects/experiment/test_helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+from opik.api_objects import experiment
+import pytest
+import types
+
+
+def fake_prompt():
+    return types.SimpleNamespace(
+        __internal_api__version_id__="some-prompt-version-id",
+        prompt="some-prompt-value",
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    argnames="input_kwargs,expected",
+    argvalues=[
+        (
+            {"experiment_config": None, "prompt": None},
+            {"metadata": None, "prompt_version": None},
+        ),
+        (
+            {"experiment_config": {}, "prompt": None},
+            {"metadata": None, "prompt_version": None},
+        ),
+        (
+            {"experiment_config": None, "prompt": fake_prompt()},
+            {
+                "metadata": {"prompt": "some-prompt-value"},
+                "prompt_version": {"id": "some-prompt-version-id"},
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            {"experiment_config": {}, "prompt": fake_prompt()},
+            {
+                "metadata": {"prompt": "some-prompt-value"},
+                "prompt_version": {"id": "some-prompt-version-id"},
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            {"experiment_config": {"some-key": "some-value"}, "prompt": None},
+            {"metadata": {"some-key": "some-value"}, "prompt_version": None},
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                "experiment_config": "NOT-DICT-VALUE-THAT-WILL-BE-IGNORED-AND-REPLACED-WITH-DICT-WITH-PROMPT",
+                "prompt": fake_prompt(),
+            },
+            {
+                "metadata": {"prompt": "some-prompt-value"},
+                "prompt_version": {"id": "some-prompt-version-id"},
+            },
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_experiment_build_metadata_from_prompt_version(input_kwargs, expected):
+    metadata, prompt_version = experiment.build_metadata_and_prompt_version(
+        **input_kwargs
+    )
+
+    assert metadata == expected["metadata"]
+    assert prompt_version == expected["prompt_version"]