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Defines format choices and their role in prompting but does not specify a formal schema or implementation procedure.

Output format

An output format is the specified structural arrangement and representation that a generated response must follow.

Structured output specifies how an AI response should be arranged and represented. A prompt can request bullet points, code snippets, or a defined data structure instead of leaving the response shape ambiguous. section 9.3.1

Use format specifications to make generated responses easier to direct:

Name the required structure, such as bullet points, snippets, or a data structure. section 9.3.1
Combine the format with clear instructions, relevant context, and concrete examples. section 9.3.1
Apply the technique to generated code, documents, and technical documentation while recognizing that results are not guaranteed. section 9.3.1 section 9.0

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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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