Task Completion API

From Babysitting Prompts to Reliable Outputs

Define tasks with schemas. Get structured, validated outputs—no prompt engineering needed.

task_completion.py

from opperai import Opper
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
opper = Opper()
 
class QueryInput(BaseModel):
    facts: list[str] = Field(description="Facts to query")
    question: str
 
class QueryOutput(BaseModel):
    answer: str
    reasoning: str
 
response = opper.call(
    name="fact_query",
    instructions="Answer using the provided facts",
    input_schema=QueryInput,
    output_schema=QueryOutput,
    input={
        "facts": ["Jupiter is the largest planet"],
        "question": "What is the largest planet?"
    }
)
 
print(response.json_payload)
# {'answer': 'Jupiter', 'reasoning': '...'}

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Challenge

Traditional Prompting Breaks at Scale

Free-form prompts are fine for demos. But in production, you need structure, validation, and reliability.

Unpredictable Outputs

Free-form prompts produce inconsistent results that require constant manual validation. One run works perfectly, the next completely fails—with the same input.

Validation Nightmare

No guarantee of output structure. Parsing errors, missing fields, wrong types. You spend more time handling edge cases than building features.

Prompt Brittleness

Complex prompts break when requirements change. Hard to maintain, impossible to version, and debugging feels like guesswork.

No Observability

Black box completions with no insight into what went wrong or how to improve. You're flying blind in production.

The Opper Way

Schema-First Task Completion

Declarative, validated, and production-ready out of the box

Schema-Based Prompting

Type Safety for AI Outputs

Define tasks with input/output schemas instead of complex prompts. Field descriptions guide the model, automatic validation ensures structure, predictable outputs.

Pydantic and Zod schema support
Automatic validation with regex, enums, and literals
Field-level descriptions replace prompt engineering

Schema Definition

class TaskOutput(BaseModel):
    classification: Literal["easy", "medium", "hard"]
    answer: str = Field(
        description="Answer starting with 'The answer is'",
        pattern=r"^The answer is [A-Za-z0-9s]+$"
    )

Schemas provide structure and validation—no parsing errors, no unexpected formats.

Multi-Model Intelligence

Automatic Fallback & Retries

Specify multiple models with automatic fallback. Start with fast, cheap models, fall back to powerful ones if needed. Automatic retries and optimization.

Model cascade with automatic fallback
Retry logic handles transient failures
Model-specific configuration per task

Model Fallback Configuration

model = [
    {
        "name": "openai/gpt-4.1-nano",
        "options": {"temperature": 0.1}
    },
    "openai/gpt-4o-mini",  # fallback
    "openai/gpt-4.1"       # final fallback
]

# Platform handles retries automatically
response = opper.call(
    name="task",
    model=model,
    input_schema=Input,
    output_schema=Output
)

Define model cascades with automatic fallback—cost-efficient with built-in reliability.

Example-Guided Completions

Show Edge Cases, Get Consistency

Provide 3-10 examples to guide model behavior on edge cases. Platform automatically selects most relevant examples from your dataset for each task.

Few-shot learning with 3-10 examples
Automatic semantic example selection
Handle edge cases with curated examples

Few-Shot Example

examples = [{
    "input": {
        "facts": [...],
        "question": "How many planets?"
    },
    "output": {
        "thoughts": "No relevant facts provided...",
        "answer": "The answer is unknown"
    }
}]

# Platform uses examples to handle edge cases
response = opper.call(
    name="task",
    examples=examples,
    input={...}
)

Examples teach the model how to handle edge cases—like missing data or ambiguous inputs.

Server-Side Function Management

Server-Side Configuration

Centralize task configuration server-side. Version control prompts, manage datasets, A/B test, deploy changes without code deployments.

Manage tasks and examples outside code
Version control for all configurations
A/B test models and prompts in production

Function Management Dashboard

kb_query

Version 2.3 • Production

Active

Model

gpt-5-mini

Examples

8 curated

Dataset

432 entries

Quality

94.2%

Case Study

How AI-BOB Automates Construction Compliance

AI-BOB uses Opper's Task Completion API to transform plain-language building requirements into reliable, auditable compliance checks — with schema-enforced outputs, built-in evaluators, and full observability embedded directly in architects' workflows.