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June 11, 2026

Custom instructions for figure parsing

You can now provide custom instructions for figure parsing via blockOptions.figures.customInstructions. The instructions (up to 2,000 characters) are injected into the vision model prompt that analyzes and summarizes each figure, letting you steer descriptions toward your use case — for example, domain-specific terminology or details to always capture from diagrams.

Available on parse_performance >= 2.0.0 and parse_light >= 1.0.0, with blockOptions.figures.enabled: true.

1{
2 "config": {
3 "blockOptions": {
4 "figures": {
5 "enabled": true,
6 "customInstructions": "Describe all medical imaging figures using radiology terminology. Always note any visible measurement scales or annotations."
7 }
8 }
9 }
10}

In the dashboard, you can also configure figure custom instructions from the parser configuration panel in Studio.