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Interactive constrained-generation product

A consumer app needed AI-generated content that was safe, repeatable, and followed strict domain rules. Open-ended generation produced too many failures. We built a constrained generation system with testable behaviour.

LatencyReliabilitySecurityRisk
RAGLLMConsumer Product
Industry
Consumer AI application
Timeline
4 months
Executive skim
Three measured signals
Jump to outcomes
Response latency
<3 seconds
Interactive experience maintained
Generation failures
80% reduction
Dramatically fewer unusable outputs
Constraint violations
Near-zero
Domain rules consistently enforced
System sketch

Context

An interactive generation workflow needed outputs that users could rely onβ€”not one-off responses that varied unpredictably.

Constraint

Responses had to remain seconds-level for interactive UX while adhering to explicit domain rules that could not be violated.

Intervention

Added retrieval-augmented generation against a curated corpus. Enforced structured constraints around allowed outputs. Built end-to-end flows so behaviour could be tested in real user journeys.

Key decisions

  • Retrieval-augmented generation
  • Structured output constraints
  • Domain rule enforcement layer
  • End-to-end testable workflows
  • Mobile and web delivery
  • Feedback loop for continuous improvement

Outcomes

Generation failures dropped 80%. Maintained sub-3-second response time. Constraint violations fell to near-zero.

Why it matters

Constrained, testable AI behaviour makes features operable: teams can set limits, detect regressions, and ship iteratively.

Implementation

Practical technology choices that matched the constraints.

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