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Prompt flow

As explained in Generative AI in Action

Prompt Flow is a Microsoft open-source toolset for designing, evaluating, testing, and deploying workflows that combine prompts, language models, and code.

Prompt flow is an Azure AI toolset for treating prompt engineering as an operational workflow: teams design, evaluate, test, and deploy flows that combine prompts, language models, and code. section 6.9

A practical prompt-flow workflow supports:

  • Iterating on prompts against a specific task and data, while accounting for inconsistent responses, model limitations, and difficulty quantifying quality. section 6.9
  • Connecting prompts with language-model calls and application code into a deployable workflow. section 6.9
  • Relating prompt operations to production observability practices such as metrics, logging, and tracing. section 11.4.7

From prompt iteration to operations

A team can iterate on prompt techniques for a business task, evaluate response quality, test the resulting flow, and prepare it for deployment while recognizing prompt injection as a security concern. section 6.9

Figure 11.11 Prompt flow lifecycle
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Use the prompt-flow lifecycle figure to orient the progression from prompt work toward operational use. section 11.4.7

How Generative AI in Action covers it

How deep it goes
Defines the operational role and surrounding risks but does not provide a detailed flow implementation or API walkthrough.
Examples
Uses an operational lifecycle figure and situates Prompt Flow alongside MLflow and Traceloop observability examples.
What you can do after
Build and operate prompt-driven workflows while evaluating quality and recognizing production observability and security concerns.
How it connects
Connects prompt engineering with MLOps, observability, prompt injection, and Azure AI.

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