Guidance
Programming paradigm for steering language models that constrains output with regex and grammars and interleaves control flow with generation.
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Guidance is listed in our frameworks category and is aimed at builders. Programming paradigm for steering language models that constrains output with regex and grammars and interleaves control flow with generation. Pricing, as the maker states it: Open source. Maturity: Mature. We last checked the official link on 2026-10-18.
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