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LLM Integration Patterns
LLM integration patterns covering API usage, structured output, function calling, streaming, error handling, and production best practices.
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Read time
- 1 min read
- Version
- v1.0.0
- Confidence
- established
- Last updated
Quick Reference
LLM Integration: Use structured output with JSON schema enforcement. Function calling for tool use. Stream for long responses. Retry with exponential backoff. Set temperature by task (0 for deterministic, 0.7 for creative). Validate all outputs. Cache responses where appropriate. Monitor token usage and costs.
Use When
- AI-powered features
- Chatbots and assistants
- Content generation
- Data extraction
- Code generation
Skip When
- Simple rule-based logic
- Latency-critical paths
- Offline-only applications
LLM Integration Patterns
LLM integration patterns covering API usage, structured output, function calling, streaming, error handling, and production best practices.