AI/ML Integration Patterns

Overview

Integrating LLMs into production systems introduces failure modes unique to probabilistic outputs: hallucinated facts, unbounded token costs, prompt injection attacks, and unvalidated structured responses. Use this guide when designing, building, or reviewing code that calls LLM APIs, builds RAG pipelines, or orchestrates AI agents.

When to use: Reviewing code that calls OpenAI, Anthropic, or other LLM APIs; evaluating RAG pipeline design; auditing prompt construction; any system that relies on LLM-generated structured output or tool execution loops.

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