JSON Output Instruction
Ask the model for JSON-only replies.
Builds an instruction to respond with JSON matching your schema/example, without markdown fences. Unlike Strip Code Fences this creates instructions, not cleanup. Local text only.
What JSON Output Instruction does
Builds an instruction to respond with JSON matching your schema/example, without markdown fences. Unlike Strip Code Fences this creates instructions, not cleanup. Local text only.
The interactive controls for JSON Output Instruction load after this article so crawlers still read the instructions. Path /ai/json-output-instruction is the canonical address. Work happens on this device; Tool-You does not take a copy of the file or pasted text for JSON Output Instruction.
How to use JSON Output Instruction
- Keep this tab on JSON Output Instruction (/ai/json-output-instruction). Pasting into the wrong AI tool (for example Prompt Wrap System) changes the job.
- Paste or type the input JSON Output Instruction expects. Path hint: ai · json output instruction. Ask the model for JSON-only replies.
- Apply the JSON Output Instruction action only. Extract Code Fences is a different transform (Pull bodies out of ``` blocks.). Builds an instruction to respond with JSON matching your schema/example, without markdown fences. Unlike Strip Code Fences this creates instructions, not cleanup. Local text only.
- Copy the output of JSON Output Instruction if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Non-empty schema or example JSON.
- If the text job is actually Prefix text as a System message., leave JSON Output Instruction and open Prompt Wrap System.
When not to use JSON Output Instruction
Skip JSON Output Instruction when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Prompt Wrap System or Extract Code Fences — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Builds an instruction to respond with JSON matching your schema/example, without markdown fences. Unlike Strip Code Fences this creates instructions, not cleanup. Local text only.
Questions about JSON Output Instruction
- What does JSON Output Instruction do that other AI pages on this site do not?
- Builds an instruction to respond with JSON matching your schema/example, without markdown fences. Unlike Strip Code Fences this creates instructions, not cleanup. Local text only. Short version: Ask the model for JSON-only replies.
- Does JSON Output Instruction upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?
- No. JSON Output Instruction runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Non-empty schema or example JSON.
- Should I use Prompt Wrap System instead of JSON Output Instruction?
- Use JSON Output Instruction when you need Ask the model for JSON-only replies. Use Prompt Wrap System when you need Prefix text as a System message. They share a category (AI) but not the same job.
- What are the limits of JSON Output Instruction?
- Non-empty schema or example JSON. Also: Builds an instruction to respond with JSON matching your schema/example, without markdown fences. Unlike Strip Code Fences this creates instructions, not cleanup. Local text only.