Microsoft.Extensions.AI responses output JSON when custom functions are used

drywall_dan

I'm using Microsoft.Extensions.AI to run queries against numerous Ollama models that I have installed. I have added a custom functions ( AIFunction type) by creating a ChatOptions instance and passing it into CompleteAsync() when calling models. I know that some models do not support custom functions. However, out of those that definitely do, some return JSON in the response body instead of returning normal text. They return it regardless of...

Originally asked by Dmitri Nesteruk on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Good thread on this — worth a read before you pay anyone to build it.

Discussion: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79513803/microsoft-extensions-ai-responses-output-json-when-custom-functions-are-used.

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