Lesson 030: Adapter vs prompt calculus
Focus
Bias toward observable metrics: latency, cost, escalation rate. Token Adapter vs prompt calculus:30 keeps neighbouring lessons differentiable.
Key ideas
- Thread: Adapter vs prompt calculus · drill v10 · spin
177618. - 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-30 checkpoint
- Grounding accuracy Δ `0.77`
- Escalation rate Δ `0.033`
- Spend guardrail `$726/day`
Risk: Index lag breached SLA
Owner: Safety
Practice
Practice List five adversarial prompts using your org's domain nouns. — 30 Bump 13.