Structured JSON Workflows

Prerequisites: - JSON Schema basics

What you'll learn: - Schema-first automation patterns

Pattern: enforce contract for downstream parser

schema = {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
        "summary": {"type": "string"},
        "severity": {"type": "string", "enum": ["low", "medium", "high"]},
    },
    "required": ["summary", "severity"],
    "additionalProperties": False,
}

result = Codex().start_thread().run("Assess this patch", {"output_schema": schema})
print(result.final_response)

Pattern: queue fan-out by status

• Parse result.final_response JSON
• Route tasks based on status/severity
• Persist raw text for auditability

Failure modes

• weak schema that allows unusable outputs
• missing validation downstream