TOON vs JSON for Input and Output Schemas

To create more efficient AI prompts, use the TOON format rather than JSON to define your input and output schemas. TOON eliminates unnecessary syntax like brackets and quotes to make the instructions concise and readable. Removing this heavy formatting reduces the overall prompt size significantly. This reduction frees up valuable space in the AI’s context window for actual business data and evidence. The AI easily understands these plain-text instructions to learn exactly what information it needs to process and return. You simply use TOON to describe the data rules, and the AI will still deliver the final payload in standard JSON format.