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Inventory Board: When JSON Mode Still Leaves Gaps

Choose the safest next move when JSON mode produces parseable but contract-weak inventory records.

Flash sale opens soon. The parser is happy, but the warehouse statuses are not trustworthy. The model now returns valid JSON for each supplier row, but availability_status appears as several near-synonyms. What is the best next move? Add a strict schema with a required availability_status enum, then reject rows that do not match it. Right. JSON mode only helps the parser. A schema enum creates the contract, and validation keeps bad records out of the inventory mutation path. Keep JSON mode and ask the model in the prompt to be more consistent with status names. Weaker. Prompt wording can improve…

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