Towards Data Science
7/4/2026

Stop Returning Text from RAG: The Typed Answer Contract That Prevents Hallucination
Short summary
Schema-based typed answer contracts force RAG systems to return structured, validatable data instead of unconstrained text that hallucinates. Each schema field represents a specific question the model must answer within defined constraints. This pattern is critical for enterprise document intelligence and significantly reduces hallucination failures.
- •Typed schemas prevent hallucination by constraining RAG output to structured data
- •Each schema field becomes a testable question-answer contract with the model
- •Essential pattern for enterprise document intelligence applications
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