v23.3.0

README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Build your AI agents in three lines of code!
 * Extensible Tooling
 * Automatic Tool Workflows
 * Autonomous Operation
+* Structured Outputs
 * Knowledge Base
 * MCP Support
 * Guardrails
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ Build your AI agents in three lines of code!
 * Input and output guardrails for content filtering, safety, and data sanitization
 * Generate custom images based on text prompts with storage on S3 compatible services
 * Automatic sequential tool workflows allowing agents to chain multiple tools
+* Deterministically return structured outputs
 * Combine with event-driven systems to create autonomous agents
 
 ## Stack
@@ -306,6 +308,38 @@ async for response in solana_agent.process("user123", "What is in this image? De
     print(response, end="")
 ```
 
+### Structured Outputs
+
+```python
+from solana_agent import SolanaAgent
+
+config = {
+    "openai": {
+        "api_key": "your-openai-api-key",
+    },
+    "agents": [
+        {
+            "name": "researcher",
+            "instructions": "You are a research expert.",
+            "specialization": "Researcher",
+        }
+    ],
+}
+
+solana_agent = SolanaAgent(config=config)
+
+class ResearchProposal(BaseModel):
+    title: str
+    abstract: str
+    key_points: list[str]
+
+full_response = None
+async for response in solana_agent.process("user123", "Research the life of Ben Franklin - the founding Father.", output_model=ResearchProposal):
+    full_response = response
+
+print(full_response.model_dump())
+```
+
 ### Command Line Interface (CLI)
 
 Solana Agent includes a command-line interface (CLI) for text-based chat using a configuration file.
@@ -540,6 +574,8 @@ async for response in solana_agent.process("user123", "Summarize the annual repo
 
 Guardrails allow you to process and potentially modify user input before it reaches the agent (Input Guardrails) and agent output before it's sent back to the user (Output Guardrails). This is useful for implementing safety checks, content moderation, data sanitization, or custom transformations.
 
+Guardrails don't work with structured outputs.
+
 Solana Agent provides a built-in PII scrubber based on [scrubadub](https://github.com/LeapBeyond/scrubadub).
 
 ```python
@@ -580,6 +616,8 @@ config = {
 
 #### Example Custom Guardrails
 
+Guardrails don't work with structured outputs.
+
 ```python
 from solana_agent import InputGuardrail, OutputGuardrail
 import logging

docs/index.rst

@@ -234,6 +234,40 @@ Image/Text Streaming
       print(response, end="")
 
 
+Structured Outputs
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   from solana_agent import SolanaAgent
+
+   config = {
+      "openai": {
+         "api_key": "your-openai-api-key",
+      },
+      "agents": [
+         {
+               "name": "researcher",
+               "instructions": "You are a research expert.",
+               "specialization": "Researcher",
+         }
+      ],
+   }
+
+   solana_agent = SolanaAgent(config=config)
+
+   class ResearchProposal(BaseModel):
+      title: str
+      abstract: str
+      key_points: list[str]
+
+   full_response = None
+   async for response in solana_agent.process("user123", "Research the life of Ben Franklin - the founding Father.", output_model=ResearchProposal):
+      full_response = response
+
+   print(full_response.model_dump())
+
+
 Command Line Interface (CLI)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -474,6 +508,8 @@ Guardrails - Optional
 
 Guardrails allow you to process and potentially modify user input before it reaches the agent (Input Guardrails) and agent output before it's sent back to the user (Output Guardrails). This is useful for implementing safety checks, content moderation, data sanitization, or custom transformations.
 
+Guardrails don't apply to structured outputs.
+
 Solana Agent provides a built-in PII scrubber based on scrubadub.
 
 .. code-block:: python
@@ -515,6 +551,8 @@ Solana Agent provides a built-in PII scrubber based on scrubadub.
 Example Custom Guardrails - Optional
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+Guardrails don't apply to structured outputs.
+
 .. code-block:: python
 
    from solana_agent import InputGuardrail, OutputGuardrail

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "solana-agent"
-version = "29.2.3"
+version = "29.3.0"
 description = "AI Agents for Solana"
 authors = ["Bevan Hunt <bevan@bevanhunt.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ python_paths = [".", "tests"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.12,<4.0"
-openai = "1.82.0"
+openai = "1.82.1"
 pydantic = ">=2"
 pymongo = "4.13.0"
 zep-cloud = "2.12.3"
 instructor = "1.8.3"
-pinecone = "7.0.1"
-llama-index-core = "0.12.37"
+pinecone = "7.0.2"
+llama-index-core = "0.12.39"
 llama-index-embeddings-openai = "0.3.1"
 pypdf = "5.5.0"
 scrubadub = "2.0.1"

solana_agent/adapters/openai_adapter.py

@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ async def parse_structured_output(
         api_key: Optional[str] = None,
         base_url: Optional[str] = None,
         model: Optional[str] = None,
+        functions: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
+        function_call: Optional[Union[str, Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
     ) -> T:  # pragma: no cover
         """Generate structured output using Pydantic model parsing with Instructor."""
 
@@ -431,13 +433,18 @@ async def parse_structured_output(
 
             patched_client = instructor.from_openai(client, mode=Mode.TOOLS_STRICT)
 
-            # Use instructor's structured generation with function calling
-            response = await patched_client.chat.completions.create(
-                model=current_parse_model,  # Use the determined model
-                messages=messages,
-                response_model=model_class,
-                max_retries=2,  # Automatically retry on validation errors
-            )
+            create_args = {
+                "model": current_parse_model,
+                "messages": messages,
+                "response_model": model_class,
+                "max_retries": 2,  # Automatically retry on validation errors
+            }
+            if functions:
+                create_args["tools"] = functions
+            if function_call:
+                create_args["function_call"] = function_call
+
+            response = await patched_client.chat.completions.create(**create_args)
             return response
         except Exception as e:
             logger.warning(

solana_agent/client/solana_agent.py

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 import json
 import importlib.util
-from typing import AsyncGenerator, Dict, Any, List, Literal, Optional, Union
+from typing import AsyncGenerator, Dict, Any, List, Literal, Optional, Type, Union
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from solana_agent.factories.agent_factory import SolanaAgentFactory
 from solana_agent.interfaces.client.client import SolanaAgent as SolanaAgentInterface
@@ -69,7 +71,8 @@ async def process(
         ] = "mp4",
         router: Optional[RoutingInterface] = None,
         images: Optional[List[Union[str, bytes]]] = None,
-    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Union[str, bytes], None]:  # pragma: no cover
+        output_model: Optional[Type[BaseModel]] = None,
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Union[str, bytes, BaseModel], None]:  # pragma: no cover
         """Process a user message (text or audio) and optional images, returning the response stream.
 
         Args:
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ async def process(
             audio_input_format: Audio input format
             router: Optional routing service for processing
             images: Optional list of image URLs (str) or image bytes.
+            output_model: Optional Pydantic model for structured output
 
         Returns:
             Async generator yielding response chunks (text strings or audio bytes)
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@ async def process(
             audio_input_format=audio_input_format,
             prompt=prompt,
             router=router,
+            output_model=output_model,
         ):
             yield chunk
 

solana_agent/interfaces/client/client.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import AsyncGenerator, Dict, Any, List, Literal, Optional, Union
+from typing import AsyncGenerator, Dict, Any, List, Literal, Optional, Type, Union
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 from solana_agent.interfaces.plugins.plugins import Tool
 from solana_agent.interfaces.services.routing import RoutingService as RoutingInterface
 
@@ -35,7 +37,8 @@ async def process(
         ] = "mp4",
         router: Optional[RoutingInterface] = None,
         images: Optional[List[Union[str, bytes]]] = None,
-    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Union[str, bytes], None]:
+        output_model: Optional[Type[BaseModel]] = None,
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Union[str, bytes, BaseModel], None]:
         """Process a user message and return the response stream."""
         pass
 

solana_agent/interfaces/providers/llm.py

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ async def parse_structured_output(
         api_key: Optional[str] = None,
         base_url: Optional[str] = None,
         model: Optional[str] = None,
+        functions: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
+        function_call: Optional[Union[str, Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
     ) -> T:
         """Generate structured output using a specific model class."""
         pass

solana_agent/interfaces/services/agent.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Type, Union
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from solana_agent.domains.agent import AIAgent
 
@@ -45,7 +47,8 @@ async def generate_response(
         ] = "aac",
         prompt: Optional[str] = None,
         images: Optional[List[Union[str, bytes]]] = None,
-    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Union[str, bytes], None]:
+        output_model: Optional[Type[BaseModel]] = None,
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Union[str, bytes, BaseModel], None]:
         """Generate a response from an agent."""
         pass
 

solana_agent/interfaces/services/query.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Union
+from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Type, Union
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from solana_agent.interfaces.services.routing import RoutingService as RoutingInterface
 
@@ -35,7 +37,8 @@ async def process(
         prompt: Optional[str] = None,
         router: Optional[RoutingInterface] = None,
         images: Optional[List[Union[str, bytes]]] = None,
-    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Union[str, bytes], None]:
+        output_model: Optional[Type[BaseModel]] = None,
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Union[str, bytes, BaseModel], None]:
         """Process the user request and generate a response."""
         pass