{"title":"Zero-Fail Output Parsing for Autonomous Agents","region":"Global","category":"Reliability","description":"Five-step guardrails to enforce strict schema compliance and recover from malformed LLM output.","lastUpdated":"2026-02-22","steps":["Validate every LLM output against a strict schema before tool execution.","On parse failure, feed the error back to the model and require a corrected JSON response.","Strip conversational filler before parsing.","Verify all required input keys are present before executing a tool.","Define a minimal fallback schema for graceful degradation."],"url":"https://checklist.day/agent-output-parsing-fix"}