How I validate cited answers in an ASP.NET Core 8 assistant

Description and use

<p>I built a small ASP.NET Core 8 assistant around three synthetic cooking lessons. I wanted to make its answer path easy to inspect. Before asking a model anything, my application selects a passage. Before accepting a generated answer, it checks the source identifiers against that passage.</p> <p>The sample has a deterministic mode and an optional OpenAI-compatible chat adapter. The deterministic mode returns the selected lesson directly. The HTTP adapter can generate wording, but its response must pass a citation check.</p> <p>This distinction matters. I can verify that a citation names the

Problem

<p>I built a small ASP.NET Core 8 assistant around three synthetic cooking lessons. I wanted to make its answer path easy to inspect. Before asking a model anything, my application selects a passage. Before accepting a generated answer, it checks the source identifiers against that passage.</p> <p>The sample has a deterministic mode and an optional OpenAI-compatible chat adapter. The deterministic mode returns the selected lesson directly. The HTTP adapter can generate wording, but its response must pass a citation check.</p> <p>This distinction matters. I can verify that a citation names the

Outcome

<p>I built a small ASP.NET Core 8 assistant around three synthetic cooking lessons. I wanted to make its answer path easy to inspect. Before asking a model anything, my application selects a passage. Before accepting a generated answer, it checks the source identifiers against that passage.</p> <p>The sample has a deterministic mode and an optional OpenAI-compatible chat adapter. The deterministic mode returns the selected lesson directly. The HTTP adapter can generate wording, but its response must pass a citation check.</p> <p>This distinction matters. I can verify that a citation names the

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How I validate cited answers in an ASP.NET Core 8 assistant

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