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Structured outputs & schema validation

Constrain model outputs to JSON schemas and validate them in code.

Target proficiency: Applied

Course outcomes

  • AIN 401 CO2

    Apply prompt, context and retrieval (RAG) engineering, including structured outputs and tool calling, to build LLM features on a cloud AI platform or open-weight stack.

  • MST 501 CO1

    Demonstrate Foundations & Agent Architecture competence: complete the Day 1–15 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 501 CO2

    Demonstrate Model Layer, Context & Tools competence: complete the Day 16–30 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 502 CO1

    Demonstrate Foundations & Theory competence: complete the Day 1–15 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 505 CO4

    Demonstrate Agents, Tools & Orchestration competence: complete the Day 46–60 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 505 CO5

    Demonstrate Evaluation, Caching, Multimodal & Observability competence: complete the Day 61–75 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 507 CO2

    Demonstrate LLMs, Prompting & the Agentic Loop competence: complete the Day 16–30 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 508 CO1

    Demonstrate Foundations & Theory competence: complete the Day 1–15 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 508 CO2

    Demonstrate Core LLM Engineering competence: complete the Day 16–30 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

  • MST 508 CO5

    Demonstrate Serving, Fine-tuning & Performance competence: complete the Day 61–75 builds, explain the underlying theory, and defend the phase artefact under live questioning.

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