Why do production AI systems need prompt versioning?medium

Type
scenario
Topic
prompt-versioning
Frequency
common
Tags
prompting, versioning, evals
Answer

Prompt changes can alter behavior, so versions make releases traceable, testable, and reversible.

Explanation

Store prompt templates, model settings, retrieval settings, and evaluation results together. Rollouts should compare quality, safety, latency, and cost.

Follow-upWhat would you log for each prompt version?