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Guidance

by Microsoft · open-source · Last verified 2026-03-17

Microsoft's language for controlling LLMs with interleaved generation and prompting. Supports constrained output via token healing, regex constraints, and context-free grammars for reliable generation.

https://github.com/guidance-ai/guidance
C+
C+Average
Adoption: C+Quality: AFreshness: B+Citations: BEngagement: F

Specifications

License
MIT
Pricing
open-source
Capabilities
constrained-generation, token-healing, interleaved-prompting, regex-constraints, stateful-control
Integrations
openai, hugging-face, llama-cpp, anthropic
Use Cases
structured-output, reliable-generation, template-filling, multi-step-reasoning
API Available
Yes
SDK Languages
python
Deployment
self-hosted
Rate Limits
N/A (open-source)
Data Privacy
Self-hosted, user-managed
Tags
llm-programming, constrained-generation, templating, microsoft
Added
2026-03-17
Completeness
100%

Index Score

55.85
Adoption
58
Quality
82
Freshness
72
Citations
65
Engagement
0

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