# \#instructor\_lite

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## [Handwave - just handwave any problem with LLM](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/handwave-just-handwave-any-problem-with-llm/74004)

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**Author:** [@martosaur](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/martosaur)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/handwave-just-handwave-any-problem-with-llm/74004 "2026-10-02T15:13:32Z")

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Handwave is a thin wrapper around InstructorLite that makes it simpler to use vague handwaving in your apps. It comes with 3 built-in providers (Handwave.OpenAI, Handwave.Claude and Handwave.Gemini) and behaviour to def…

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## [InstructorLite - Less headache with Gemini, structured outputs for Anthropic models](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/instructorlite-less-headache-with-gemini-structured-outputs-for-anthropic-models/74143)

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**Author:** [@martosaur](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/martosaur)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/instructorlite-less-headache-with-gemini-structured-outputs-for-anthropic-models/74143 "2026-02-01T21:16:10Z")

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InstructorLite - v1.2.0 released Gemini adapter now uses responseJsonSchema parameter introduced in November 2025. If you were using Gemini adapter before, you likely had to employ some ugly workarounds to make json sc…

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## [InstructorLite – structured outputs for LLMs, a tinkering-friendly fork of Instructor](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/instructorlite-structured-outputs-for-llms-a-tinkering-friendly-fork-of-instructor/65898)

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**Author:** [@martosaur](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/martosaur)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/instructorlite-structured-outputs-for-llms-a-tinkering-friendly-fork-of-instructor/65898 "2025-11-21T04:43:32Z")

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Hello, I’m excited to introduce InstructorLite – a fork of the Instructor package. Instructor brought the very idea of structured LLM prompting to the Elixir ecosystem. InstructorLite is aimed to distill it into a comp…