output_schema and it returns a validated object.
output_schema=Decision, the run returns a validated Decision. Downstream code reads result.call and result.allocation_usd without parsing text. If the model’s output fails validation, Agno logs a warning and content stays a string, so check the type before acting on it.
The chair takes no tools. Its only job is to weigh the specialists’ inputs and commit to a call.
Two artifacts, two purposes
A research system usually produces both a machine-actionable decision and a human-readable memo.
The memo is written by a dedicated agent with file tools and a fixed template, then archived. The next review reads it back as prior work. The decision is the row you store and act on.
Make it auditable
A decision without its citations is unverifiable. Require them in the schema and the instructions.