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Ask HN: What is a good format for a tool to report data to a LLM?

A Hacker News user asks what data format is best for CLI tools to report structured data to large language models, noting humans prefer visually organized text while machines use tab-separated or JSON formats. The discussion seeks the most efficient format for LLMs to grasp tabular data, with applications open until July 27.

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| |||||||||||| 3 points by | For CLI tools, humans like visually organized text possibly with colors or TUIs. Machines likes tabs-separated tabular data, or json and similar. What's the equivalent for LLMs for tabular or structured data? What makes them grasp the data easily and efficiently? | ||||||||||| Applications are open till July 27. |

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