llm-patternslisted
Install: claude install-skill lciacci/tessera
# LLM Patterns Skill
For AI-first applications where LLMs handle logical operations.
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## Core Principle
**LLM for logic, code for plumbing.**
Use LLMs for:
- Classification, extraction, summarization
- Decision-making with natural language reasoning
- Content generation and transformation
- Complex conditional logic that would be brittle in code
Use traditional code for:
- Data validation (Zod/Pydantic)
- API routing and HTTP handling
- Database operations
- Authentication/authorization
- Orchestration and error handling
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## Project Structure
```
project/
├── src/
│ ├── core/
│ │ ├── prompts/ # Prompt templates
│ │ │ ├── classify.ts
│ │ │ └── extract.ts
│ │ ├── llm/ # LLM client and utilities
│ │ │ ├── client.ts # LLM client wrapper
│ │ │ ├── schemas.ts # Response schemas (Zod)
│ │ │ └── index.ts
│ │ └── services/ # Business logic using LLM
│ ├── infra/
│ └── ...
├── tests/
│ ├── unit/
│ ├── integration/
│ └── llm/ # LLM-specific tests
│ ├── fixtures/ # Saved responses for deterministic tests
│ ├── evals/ # Evaluation test suites
│ └── mocks/ # Mock LLM responses
└── _project_specs/
└── prompts/ # Prompt specifications
```
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## LLM Client Pattern
### Typed LLM Wrapper
```typescript
// core/llm/client.ts
import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';
import { z } from 'zod';
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