01 / DECIDE
Architecture decision
Use it before multiple product features begin calling the API with different reliability assumptions.
Centralize authentication, request IDs, timeouts, normalized errors, and model configuration in a server-owned adapter. Map input, output, state, tools, and side effects as one observable path, then name the owner of build one xai api boundary.
02 / OPERATE
Three-step field procedure
- 01
Lock the contract
Write down the caller, data classification, success condition, timeout, cancellation, and ownership. Use it before multiple product features begin calling the API with different reliability assumptions.
- 02
Run one bounded path
Build one end-to-end path with correlation, typed state, and reversible failure handling. Centralize authentication, request IDs, timeouts, normalized errors, and model configuration in a server-owned adapter.
- 03
Verify the signal
Turn acceptance into a repeatable fixture, contract test, or browser test. Contract tests prove redaction, timeout, error classification, and request correlation.
03 / BOUND
Operational boundary
Keep long-lived keys on the server and never let a model response bypass application authorization.
04 / PROVE
Acceptance evidence
Contract tests prove redaction, timeout, error classification, and request correlation.
SOURCE / HTTP
Reproducible source probe
curl -fsSI 'https://docs.x.ai/developers/quickstart' | sed -n '1,5p'