What problem does it solve?
Outlines removes the fragile cleanup step in AI workflows by making model outputs conform to a schema while they are being generated, so you get valid JSON, XML, regex-matching text, and typed objects without repeated retries or manual fixing.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Schema-constrained generation: Produce outputs that follow Pydantic models or JSON schemas with token-level validation.
- Backend flexibility: Use the same structured generation flow with Transformers, vLLM, llama.cpp, or limited OpenAI support.
- Production use cases: Extract entities from documents, classify text, build forms, generate code stubs, and batch process records with reliable structure.
- Operational advantage: Improve throughput and correctness for local or server-based inference while keeping outputs type-safe and machine-ready.
Quick Start
Ask Outlines to turn your source text into a valid Pydantic-backed JSON object using the model and schema that match the fields you need.