Structured Outputs with Ollama and .NET

Part 6 in the “Local AI with Ollama and .NET” series: Part 1 – Ollama and .NET | Part 2 – Local RAG | Part 3 – AI Agents | Part 3.5 – MCP Server | Part 4 – Microsoft Agent Framework | Part 5 – Aspire | Version française

Asking a local model to reply in JSON directly in the prompt works most of the time. The problem is the rest of the time: the parsing blows up, and rarely at a good moment. Here’s a simple trick to get reliable JSON with Ollama and .NET.

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