Inconsistent JSON Output in Assistant · Automate What Academy

Feb '25 (edited) • 🛠️ Problems & Solutions

Inconsistent JSON Output in Assistant

I use an assistant to provide learning content via File Search. In my prompt, I explicitly request the response in JSON format. In 95% of cases, this works, but not always reliably. Occasionally, I receive plain text output instead of the expected JSON format.

However, it is important for me to always receive the response in JSON format so that I can further process it with a JSON parser. The next step in the flow would then be parsing the JSON response."

Problem:The JSON output works most of the time (around 95%), but not consistently. In some cases, the assistant returns plain text instead, making it difficult to process the response with a JSON parser. I am looking for a solution to ensure a 100% reliable JSON response.

Maybe someone can help me, I would really appreciate any tips.

rgds Gerald

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