Does the formatted output (Agent.output_type) require model support?

[r0bin-zheng]

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Does the formatted output (Agent.output_type) require model support? I noticed that when using deepseek-v3 and claude3.7-sonnet to run the repository's example, the output_type configuration doesn't seem to take effect. The framework checks if the response is JSON, but there's no actual change in the model's output format. Ideally, after configuring Agent.output_type, I would expect the model to directly output in the specified format type, rather than just adding post-response validation.

[pakrym-oai]

Yes, the structured output requires model support (like in https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/structured-outputs?api-mode=responses)

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