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Control LLM output with regex and grammars, guarantee valid JSON/XML/code generation, enforce structured formats, and build multi-step workflows with Guidance - Microsoft Research's constrained generation framework

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# Guidance: Constrained LLM Generation

## When to Use This Skill

Use Guidance when you need to:
- **Control LLM output syntax** with regex or grammars
- **Guarantee valid JSON/XML/code** generation
- **Reduce latency** vs traditional prompting approaches
- **Enforce structured formats** (dates, emails, IDs, etc.)
- **Build multi-step workflows** with Pythonic control flow
- **Prevent invalid outputs** through grammatical constraints

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