Lesson 026: Adapter vs prompt calculus
Focus
Bias toward observable metrics: latency, cost, escalation rate. Token Adapter vs prompt calculus:26 keeps neighbouring lessons differentiable.
Key ideas
- Thread: Adapter vs prompt calculus · drill v6 · spin
764584. - Habit: attach a trace_id to every completion you would paste into an ops dashboard.
- Guardrail: add one RACI bullet for prompt or index changes before tomorrow's standup.
Deep dive notebook
Synthetic drill artefacts
Ops review capsule
Pilot L-26 checkpoint
- Grounding accuracy Δ `0.75`
- Escalation rate Δ `0.033`
- Spend guardrail `$1043/day`
Risk: Index lag breached SLA
Owner: Safety
Practice
Practice Simulate degraded retrieval once; capture user-facing fallback copy. — 26 Bump 25.