In collaboration with @rlouf I build an
[outlines](https://dottxt-ai.github.io/outlines/latest/) integration for
langchain!
I think this is really useful for doing any type of structured output
locally.
[Dottxt](https://dottxt.co) spend alot of work optimising this process
at a lower level
([outlines-core](https://pypi.org/project/outlines-core/0.1.14/) written
in rust) so I think this is a better alternative over all current
approaches in langchain to do structured output.
It also implements the `.with_structured_output` method so it should be
a drop in replacement for a lot of applications.
The integration includes:
- **Outlines LLM class**
- **ChatOutlines class**
- **Tutorial Cookbooks**
- **Documentation Page**
- **Validation and error messages**
- **Exposes Outlines Structured output features**
- **Support for multiple backends**
- **Integration and Unit Tests**
Dependencies: `outlines` + additional (depending on backend used)
I am not sure if the unit-tests comply with all requirements, if not I
suggest to just remove them since I don't see a useful way to do it
differently.
### Quick overview:
Chat Models:
<img width="698" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/05a499b9-858c-4397-a9ff-165c2b3e7acc">
Structured Output:
<img width="955" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b9fcac11-d3e5-4698-b1ae-8c4cb3d54c45">
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Co-authored-by: Vadym Barda <vadym@langchain.dev>
