7 Brutal AI Agent Output Validation Patterns Saving Production Pipelines in 2026
What’s in this guide Why AI agent output validation is the silent pipeline killer Pattern 1 — Schema-first prompting, not “return JSON” Pattern 2 — Two-stage parsing: shape, then semantics Pattern 3 — Parser-feedback retry loop (capped, never infinite) Pattern 4 — Type-coercion guardrails for money, dates, and percentages Pattern 5 — Semantic invariants across…