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12-factor-agents
Twelve principles for building LLM apps good enough to put in customers' hands: own your prompts, own your context, small agents, explicit control flow.
Who it is for
For developers moving from agent demos to a reliable product.
How to start
- Read the short list of 12 factors in the README.
- Start with Factor 2 (Own your prompts) and Factor 3 (Own your context window).
- Go through the remaining factors and check your agent against them.
Steps are taken from the README. Check the current version in the repository before running them.
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What are the principles we can use to build LLM-powered software that is actually good enough to put in the hands of production customers?
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