Use prompts to get reliable, safe outputs from LLMs for runbooks, code, and ops tasks.
Using LLMs for runbooks, code generation, or ops assistance works best with structured prompts and safety checks.
Best practice: treat prompts as part of your product; test and iterate with real scenarios.
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