Why TOON Beats JSON for LLM Data Exchange: Token Savings and Accuracy Gains

The article explains how the Token‑Oriented Object Notation (TOON) format reduces token usage by 30‑60% and improves accuracy compared to JSON when feeding structured data to large language models, offering concrete syntax, benchmark results, code examples, and guidance on when to adopt it.

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Why TOON Beats JSON for LLM Data Exchange: Token Savings and Accuracy Gains