From 5d356671364305b590447da577602b3cc55b7179 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Cleberg <hello@cleberg.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:23:25 -0500
Subject: adjust for ai output structures

---
 src/engine/aiGenerator.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src/engine')

diff --git a/src/engine/aiGenerator.ts b/src/engine/aiGenerator.ts
index 5648ec9..bd66549 100644
--- a/src/engine/aiGenerator.ts
+++ b/src/engine/aiGenerator.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ function buildUserPrompt(inputs: BrandInputs): string {
 
 function validate(raw: unknown): BrandOutputs {
   const result = sanitizeOutputs(raw);
-  if (!result) throw new Error('Response is not a valid brand output object');
+  if (!result) {
+    const preview = JSON.stringify(raw)?.slice(0, 300) ?? '(unparseable)';
+    throw new Error(`Model returned an unexpected structure. Try a larger model.\n\nGot: ${preview}`);
+  }
   return result;
 }
 
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