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JSON mode

JSON mode

Prompting patterns for consistently producing JSON outputs (and when to prefer tool-based schemas instead).

  • Upstream notebook: misc/how_to_enable_json_mode.ipynb

What to focus on

  • Treat output shape as a contract (keys, types, omissions)
  • Handling malformed JSON (retry/repair strategies)
  • When to switch to tool schemas for hard guarantees

Run locally 

make test-notebooks NOTEBOOK=misc/how_to_enable_json_mode.ipynb

Related

  • Tool-based JSON extraction: ../tool-use/extracting-structured-json
Citations