diff --git a/akd/_base/_base.py b/akd/_base/_base.py
index 9eab0a9..483cc05 100644
--- a/akd/_base/_base.py
+++ b/akd/_base/_base.py
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ def run_context(self) -> RunContext | None:
         """Get the run context associated with this output."""
         return self._run_context
 
+    def is_empty(self) -> bool:
+        """Structurally empty if all fields are None/empty/empty-of-empty (recursive)."""
+        from akd.utils import is_empty as _is_empty
+
+        return _is_empty(self)
+
 
 class TextInput(InputSchema):
     """Simple text-based input schema for unstructured content.
diff --git a/akd/utils.py b/akd/utils.py
index fffd736..a722a2b 100644
--- a/akd/utils.py
+++ b/akd/utils.py
@@ -175,6 +175,29 @@ def is_server_available(url: str | HttpUrl) -> bool:
         return False
 
 
+def is_empty(value: Any) -> bool:
+    """Recursively check if a value is structurally empty.
+
+    Returns True when the value is None, an empty (or whitespace-only) string,
+    empty bytes, or a container (pydantic BaseModel, dict, list, tuple, set,
+    frozenset) whose contents are all recursively empty. Concrete scalars like
+    0, False, or datetime instances are NOT considered empty.
+    """
+    if value is None:
+        return True
+    if isinstance(value, BaseModel):
+        return is_empty(value.model_dump())
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        return not value.strip()
+    if isinstance(value, bytes):
+        return len(value) == 0
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        return all(is_empty(v) for v in value.values())
+    if isinstance(value, (list, tuple, set, frozenset)):
+        return all(is_empty(item) for item in value)
+    return False
+
+
 def get_model_fields(
     model_class: type[BaseModel],
     skip_no_description: bool = True,
diff --git a/tests/test_utils_is_empty.py b/tests/test_utils_is_empty.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f91319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_utils_is_empty.py
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+"""Tests for akd.utils.is_empty structural emptiness check."""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+
+import pytest
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from akd._base import OutputSchema
+from akd.utils import is_empty
+
+
+class _Inner(OutputSchema):
+    """Inner schema for nested tests."""
+
+    text: str = ""
+    items: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class _Outer(OutputSchema):
+    """Outer schema with nested OutputSchema."""
+
+    title: str = ""
+    tags: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    inner: _Inner | None = None
+    inners: list[_Inner] = Field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class _Plain(BaseModel):
+    """Plain pydantic model (not an OutputSchema)."""
+
+    a: str = ""
+    b: int | None = None
+
+
+# ---------- scalar cases ----------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("value", [None, "", "   ", "\t\n", b""])
+def test_scalar_empty(value):
+    assert is_empty(value) is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("value", ["x", " a ", b"x", 0, 1, False, True, 0.0, 3.14])
+def test_scalar_non_empty(value):
+    assert is_empty(value) is False
+
+
+def test_datetime_not_empty():
+    assert is_empty(datetime(2026, 4, 20)) is False
+
+
+# ---------- container cases ----------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "value",
+    [
+        [],
+        (),
+        set(),
+        frozenset(),
+        {},
+        [None, "", []],
+        [None, [None, {}]],
+        {"a": None, "b": "", "c": []},
+        {"a": {"b": {"c": None}}},
+        ({}, [], ""),
+    ],
+)
+def test_container_empty(value):
+    assert is_empty(value) is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "value",
+    [
+        [0],
+        [False],
+        {"a": 0},
+        {"a": "x"},
+        [None, "", "x"],
+        ({}, [], 1),
+    ],
+)
+def test_container_non_empty(value):
+    assert is_empty(value) is False
+
+
+# ---------- pydantic BaseModel cases ----------
+
+
+def test_plain_basemodel_empty():
+    assert is_empty(_Plain()) is True
+
+
+def test_plain_basemodel_non_empty_string():
+    assert is_empty(_Plain(a="hi")) is False
+
+
+def test_plain_basemodel_non_empty_int():
+    assert is_empty(_Plain(b=0)) is False
+
+
+# ---------- OutputSchema.is_empty() ----------
+
+
+def test_output_schema_all_defaults_empty():
+    assert _Inner().is_empty() is True
+
+
+def test_output_schema_string_populated():
+    assert _Inner(text="hello").is_empty() is False
+
+
+def test_output_schema_list_populated():
+    assert _Inner(items=["a"]).is_empty() is False
+
+
+def test_output_schema_list_of_empty_strings_empty():
+    assert _Inner(items=["", "   "]).is_empty() is True
+
+
+def test_nested_output_schema_empty():
+    assert _Outer(inner=_Inner()).is_empty() is True
+
+
+def test_nested_output_schema_non_empty():
+    assert _Outer(inner=_Inner(text="x")).is_empty() is False
+
+
+def test_list_of_empty_nested_schemas_empty():
+    assert _Outer(inners=[_Inner(), _Inner()]).is_empty() is True
+
+
+def test_list_of_nested_schemas_one_populated():
+    assert _Outer(inners=[_Inner(), _Inner(text="y")]).is_empty() is False
+
+
+def test_top_level_field_populated():
+    assert _Outer(title="t").is_empty() is False