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Testing LLM Pipelines in CI: A Contract-Based Approach
LLM calls break CI determinism because the same prompt can yield different outputs. The article proposes three tiers of tests: contract tests for output shape, snapshot tests for content, and evaluation tests for quality. This approach enables reliable CI for LLM-backed features without flaky assertions.
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The contract-testing pattern is pragmatic, but teams must still invest in evaluation tests to catch semantic regressions that shape checks miss.
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