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[TRTLLM-9157][doc] Guided decoding doc improvement

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This PR improves the documentation for guided decoding, comprehensively demonstrating all features.

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  • Documentation
    • Added comprehensive Guided Decoding documentation including setup instructions, configuration examples, and detailed API workflows for online and offline implementations. Covers supported grammar backends, JSON Schema, Regular Expression, EBNF formats, and structural tag constraints.
    • Reorganized feature documentation for improved navigation and accessibility.

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Signed-off-by: Enwei Zhu <[email protected]>
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Documentation for Guided Decoding is reorganized by creating a dedicated file with expanded content, removing the original section from sampling.md, and registering the new file in the documentation index for navigation.

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Documentation Content Migration
docs/source/features/guided-decoding.md, docs/source/features/sampling.md
New guided-decoding.md file created with comprehensive Guided Decoding documentation covering XGrammar and LLGuidance backends, Online/Offline API workflows, setup, and examples. Corresponding Guided Decoding section removed from sampling.md.
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docs/source/index.rst
Added guided-decoding.md to Features toctree to register the new documentation file in the index navigation.

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  • Verify guided-decoding.md content is complete, well-structured, and covers all mentioned backends and workflows
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Description check ❓ Inconclusive The description is minimal but present. It follows the required template format with a title section and brief explanation that the PR improves guided decoding documentation. However, the Test Coverage section is incomplete (only contains a comment template) and provides no details about what testing safeguards these changes. Expand the Test Coverage section to explicitly list what documentation was tested or reviewed to validate accuracy and completeness of the guided decoding documentation improvements.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: improving guided decoding documentation. It is concise, specific, and directly related to the changeset which creates new documentation and reorganizes existing content.
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Learnt from: venkywonka
Repo: NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM PR: 6029
File: .github/pull_request_template.md:45-53
Timestamp: 2025-08-27T17:50:13.264Z
Learning: For PR templates in TensorRT-LLM, avoid suggesting changes that would increase developer overhead, such as converting plain bullets to mandatory checkboxes. The team prefers guidance-style bullets that don't require explicit interaction to reduce friction in the PR creation process.
📚 Learning: 2025-08-21T00:16:56.457Z
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Repo: NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM PR: 7101
File: docs/source/blogs/tech_blog/blog9_Deploying_GPT_OSS_on_TRTLLM.md:36-36
Timestamp: 2025-08-21T00:16:56.457Z
Learning: TensorRT-LLM container release tags in documentation should only reference published NGC container images. The README badge version may be ahead of the actual published container versions.

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docs/source/index.rst (1)

73-73: Documentation entry properly registered.

The new guided-decoding.md file is correctly added to the Features toctree with proper placement and formatting.

docs/source/features/guided-decoding.md (5)

1-8: Documentation structure and introduction are clear.

The opening section effectively explains guided decoding and clearly identifies the two supported backends with direct links to their specific versions.


10-311: Online API examples are comprehensive and well-formatted.

All four backend types (JSON Schema, regex, EBNF, structural tag) are demonstrated with clear, runnable examples. The code follows proper Python conventions, and the brace escaping in the f-strings is correct. Expected outputs are realistic.


313-583: Offline API examples mirror online examples appropriately.

The Offline API section maintains parallel structure and coverage as the Online API section. Code examples correctly use the LLM API and GuidedDecodingParams with proper imports and syntax. The structural tag implementation matches the online version semantically.


34-77: Model identifier format is correct—no changes needed.

The model identifier "nvidia/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-FP8" is the correct Hugging Face–style NGC model ID per TensorRT-LLM and Model Optimizer documentation. The code example uses the current and official format for published containers.


6-7: Update LLGuidance version from v1.1.1 to v1.0.0 to match TensorRT-LLM 1.1 recommendations.

XGrammar v0.1.21 is correct per the TensorRT-LLM release notes, but LLGuidance should be pinned to v1.0.0 rather than v1.1.1. Update line 7 to reference the correct version.

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Repo: NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM PR: 7101
File: docs/source/blogs/tech_blog/blog9_Deploying_GPT_OSS_on_TRTLLM.md:36-36
Timestamp: 2025-08-21T00:16:56.457Z
Learning: TensorRT-LLM container release tags in documentation should only reference published NGC container images. The README badge version may be ahead of the actual published container versions.

Signed-off-by: Enwei Zhu <[email protected]>
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/bot run --disable-fail-fast

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