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Best Practices for Returning Values from a Dust App

Avatar of Marty ChangMarty Chang
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Can anyone clarify what are some proven practices for returning values from a Dust app?

  • It seems returning a Boolean can indicate true for success and false for failure.

  • The docs indicate that a numeric return value can be interpreted in the context of the app's description.

Is there a recommended way for the Dust app to return more structured data (e.g., table of CPI by month) that an agent can understand?

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  • Avatar of David Ebbo
    David Ebbo
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    Hi Marty. You can return arbitrary JSON that fits your needs. The key is:

    • Use a Code block to shape the data, so you don't return a bunch of unneeded things from your curl request

    • Give good names to the properties, so the LLM can make sense of them

    • In addition, you can explain what each property means in the app's description

    See this end to end demo that covers doing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNx1xM-KDDw

    🙌3
  • Avatar of Marty Chang
    Marty Chang
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    Thank you for the tips David Ebbo! I will give this a try.