diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Builder/LuaResponse.Parse.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Builder/LuaResponse.Parse.cs
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+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace AIStudio.Assistants.Builder;
+
+internal sealed partial class LuaResponse
+{
+    private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions JSON_OPTIONS = new()
+    {
+        PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.SnakeCaseLower,
+        AllowTrailingCommas = false,
+        ReadCommentHandling = JsonCommentHandling.Disallow,
+        MaxDepth = 32,
+    };
+
+    public static bool TryParse(string modelResponse, out LuaResponse response, out LuaResponseParseError error, out string technicalDetails)
+    {
+        response = new();
+        error = LuaResponseParseError.NONE;
+        technicalDetails = string.Empty;
+
+        var json = ExtractJson(modelResponse);
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(json))
+        {
+            error = LuaResponseParseError.MISSING_JSON_OBJECT;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        LuaResponse? parsed;
+        try
+        {
+            parsed = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<LuaResponse>(json, JSON_OPTIONS);
+        }
+        catch (JsonException e)
+        {
+            error = LuaResponseParseError.INVALID_JSON;
+            technicalDetails = e.Message;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (parsed is null)
+        {
+            error = LuaResponseParseError.EMPTY_JSON_OBJECT;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!parsed.IsValid(out error))
+            return false;
+
+        response = parsed;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private bool IsValid(out LuaResponseParseError error)
+    {
+        error = LuaResponseParseError.NONE;
+
+        if (!string.Equals(this.SchemaVersion, SCHEMA_VERSION_VALUE, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            error = LuaResponseParseError.UNSUPPORTED_SCHEMA_VERSION;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (this.Plugin is null)
+        {
+            error = LuaResponseParseError.MISSING_PLUGIN_METADATA;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (this.Assistant is null)
+        {
+            error = LuaResponseParseError.MISSING_ASSISTANT_METADATA;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.Plugin.Name) ||
+            string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.Plugin.Description) ||
+            this.Plugin.Categories is null ||
+            this.Plugin.Categories.Length == 0 ||
+            this.Plugin.Categories.Any(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace))
+        {
+            error = LuaResponseParseError.INCOMPLETE_PLUGIN_METADATA;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.Assistant.Title) ||
+            string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.Assistant.Description) ||
+            string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.Assistant.SystemPrompt) ||
+            string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.Assistant.SubmitText))
+        {
+            error = LuaResponseParseError.INCOMPLETE_ASSISTANT_METADATA;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.FullLua))
+        {
+            error = LuaResponseParseError.MISSING_LUA;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!this.FullLua.Contains("ID = \"", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            error = LuaResponseParseError.LUA_MISSING_ID;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static string ExtractJson(string input)
+    {
+        var start = input.IndexOf('{');
+        if (start < 0)
+            return string.Empty;
+
+        var depth = 0;
+        var insideString = false;
+        for (var index = start; index < input.Length; index++)
+        {
+            if (input[index] == '"' && !IsEscaped(input, index))
+                insideString = !insideString;
+
+            if (insideString)
+                continue;
+
+            switch (input[index])
+            {
+                case '{':
+                    depth++;
+                    break;
+                case '}':
+                    depth--;
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            if (depth == 0)
+                return input[start..(index + 1)];
+        }
+
+        return string.Empty;
+    }
+
+    private static bool IsEscaped(string input, int index)
+    {
+        var backslashCount = 0;
+        for (var i = index - 1; i >= 0 && input[i] == '\\'; i--)
+            backslashCount++;
+
+        return backslashCount % 2 == 1;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Builder/LuaResponse.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Builder/LuaResponse.cs
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+namespace AIStudio.Assistants.Builder;
+
+internal sealed partial class LuaResponse
+{
+    public const string SCHEMA_VERSION_VALUE = "assistant_builder_lua_response_v1";
+    public string SchemaVersion { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public AssistantBuilderPluginMetadata? Plugin { get; init; }
+    public AssistantBuilderAssistantMetadata? Assistant { get; init; }
+    public string FullLua { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+}
+
+internal sealed class AssistantBuilderPluginMetadata
+{
+    public string Name { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public string Description { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public string[] Categories { get; init; } = [];
+}
+
+internal sealed class AssistantBuilderAssistantMetadata
+{
+    public string Title { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public string Description { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public string SystemPrompt { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public string SubmitText { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public bool AllowAiStudioProfiles { get; init; }
+}
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Builder/LuaResponseParseError.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/Builder/LuaResponseParseError.cs
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+namespace AIStudio.Assistants.Builder;
+
+public enum LuaResponseParseError
+{
+    NONE,
+    MISSING_JSON_OBJECT,
+    INVALID_JSON,
+    EMPTY_JSON_OBJECT,
+    UNSUPPORTED_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+    MISSING_PLUGIN_METADATA,
+    MISSING_ASSISTANT_METADATA,
+    INCOMPLETE_PLUGIN_METADATA,
+    INCOMPLETE_ASSISTANT_METADATA,
+    MISSING_LUA,
+    LUA_MISSING_ID,
+}
+
+public static class LuaResponseParseErrorExtension
+{
+    private static string TB(string fallbackEN) => Tools.PluginSystem.I18N.I.T(fallbackEN, typeof(LuaResponseParseErrorExtension).Namespace, nameof(LuaResponseParseErrorExtension));
+
+    public static string GetMessage(this LuaResponseParseError parseError, string technicalDetails) => parseError switch
+    {
+        LuaResponseParseError.MISSING_JSON_OBJECT => TB("The model response is missing or unreadable."),
+        LuaResponseParseError.INVALID_JSON => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(technicalDetails)
+            ? TB("The model returned an invalid response.")
+            : string.Format(TB("The model returned an invalid response: {0}"), technicalDetails),
+        LuaResponseParseError.EMPTY_JSON_OBJECT => TB("The model returned an empty JSON object."),
+        LuaResponseParseError.UNSUPPORTED_SCHEMA_VERSION => TB("The model responded with an unsupported or deprecated JSON schema."),
+        LuaResponseParseError.MISSING_PLUGIN_METADATA => TB("The model's answer is missing the plugin metadata."),
+        LuaResponseParseError.MISSING_ASSISTANT_METADATA => TB("The model's answer is missing the assistant metadata."),
+        LuaResponseParseError.INCOMPLETE_PLUGIN_METADATA => TB("The model's answer contains incomplete plugin metadata."),
+        LuaResponseParseError.INCOMPLETE_ASSISTANT_METADATA => TB("The model's answer contains incomplete assistant metadata."),
+        LuaResponseParseError.MISSING_LUA => TB("The model response does not contain the generated Lua plugin code."),
+        LuaResponseParseError.LUA_MISSING_ID => TB("The generated Lua plugin code does not contain a readable plugin ID."),
+        _ => TB("The model returned an unusable JSON response."),
+    };
+}