Output format

As explained in Building Reliable AI Systems

An output organized according to a predefined schema so that both people and software can interpret its contents consistently.

How Building Reliable AI Systems covers it

How deep it goes

Describes tone and length constraints but does not detail a formal output schema.

Examples

Uses the instruction to reply in a friendly, concise manner.

What you can do after

Configure response tone and length through prompt instructions.

How it connects

Pairs output constraints with clear instructions, relevant context, and variable input.

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  AI Agents and ApplicationsAn output format is a specification of the structure or representation in which a language model should return its answer.
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  Coding with AIAn output format is the specified structural arrangement and representation that a generated response must follow.
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  Introduction to Generative AI, Second EditionStructured output is machine-readable model output organized according to a specified format rather than unrestricted prose.

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Related concepts

• structural elementkind of · A structural element is one of the organized parts of a prompt, including its instruction, constraint, context, input parameter, output format, or delimiter.
• name-value pairuses · A name-value pair is a data association in which an identifying name or key corresponds to a value.
• constraintcontrasts with · A constraint is a condition or rule that restricts the permissible states, values, actions, or solutions in a system or problem.
• promptpart of · An input, typically containing instructions or context, supplied to an artificial-intelligence model to guide or elicit its output.
• JSONuses · JSON is a standardized, language-independent text format for representing structured data using objects, arrays, strings, numbers, Boolean values, and null.
• schemauses · A data schema is a formal specification of the structure, fields, types, relationships, and constraints of data.

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