/sgr

Design and implement Schema-Guided Reasoning (SGR) pipelines. Translate domain expert mental checklists into structured reasoning schemas for LLMs.

Source: Rinat Abdullin — Schema-Guided Reasoning

Core Principle

SGR = guide LLM reasoning through predefined steps via constrained decoding. Instead of free-form text → enforce a schema that defines what steps, in which order, where to focus attention.

Domain expert mental checklist → Pydantic/Zod schema → Constrained decoding → Deterministic dispatch

When to Use

• Designing agent tool dispatch (NextStep pattern)
• Building structured analysis pipelines (compliance, code review, evaluation)
• Replacing prompt chains with single structured call