Building grounded AI features beyond the demo

SECTION // THE PROBLEM

A useful LLM feature needs more than a prompt. It needs a bounded task, trustworthy context, and a response shape that downstream software can understand.

SECTION // THE SYSTEM BOUNDARY

For AllotIQ, research retrieval, citation validation, report structure, caching, and usage budgets sit around the model. The LLM contributes analysis while deterministic services enforce the contract.

SECTION // THE ENGINEERING LESSON

Grounding is a product property as much as a model property. Make evidence visible, reject malformed output, and measure the path from request to answer.