The 'Black Box' Fallacy
Trusting LLM outputs without a verification layer.
Common Anti-Patterns
Avoid these implementation traps:
• The Prompt-as-Code Pattern: Putting business logic entirely in the system prompt.
• The Direct-to-DB Agent: Giving an LLM agent write-access to production DBs without a middle-tier API.
• The Silent Failure: Using LLMs in a way that they can fail semi-correctly without alerting the system.
The Correct approach
The Verification Loop:
1. Input $
ightarrow$ 2. LLM $
ightarrow$ 3. Deterministic Validator $
ightarrow$ 4. Output. Never skip step 3.
The Semantic Gap
Technical correctness $ eq$ Semantic correctness. A prompt can be syntactically perfect but logically disastrous.
Red-Teaming Checklist
Audit all 'system prompt' dependencies
Verify all Agent tool-calls have strict schemas ✓
Implement output validation for all LLM responses
Check for prompt-leaking vulnerabilities