System Prompts That Survive Edge Cases
Eight patterns from prompts running in production for 6+ months. What's load-bearing and what's decoration.
System prompts that survive edge cases. Patterns that scaled in production.
5 working guides in this section.
Eight patterns from prompts running in production for 6+ months. What's load-bearing and what's decoration.
Three prompt patterns, three cost/quality curves. When each one is the right move.
Hard-won patterns: privilege separation, structured I/O, output filtering. What's theater and what's real defense.
Tag-based structure, JSON schema, plain markdown. What each model family actually parses well.
Three caching APIs, three pricing models. Where each one shines and where the savings disappear.