The architect's handbook for resilient AI systems

What you get

• Design an AI system with explicit latency, cost, and token budgets
• Apply bulkhead and circuit-breaker patterns to model and tool calls
• Wire fallback provider chains that survive a vendor outage
• Instrument the full stack with per-turn traces and per-tool metrics
• Plan model migrations that do not require a rewrite

Inside

• The four architectural budgets
• Bulkheads and circuit breakers
• Provider fallback chains
• Observability: traces, metrics, logs
• Prompt and context as infrastructure
• Model migration readiness
• Safety review checklist