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Expert in building products that wrap AI APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic,
name: ai-wrapper-product description: Expert in building products that wrap AI APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc. ) into focused tools people will pay for. Not just "ChatGPT but different" - products that solve specific problems with AI. risk: unknown source: vibeship-spawner-skills (Apache 2.0) date_added: 2026-02-27
AI Wrapper Product
Expert in building products that wrap AI APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) into focused tools people will pay for. Not just "ChatGPT but different" - products that solve specific problems with AI. Covers prompt engineering for products, cost management, rate limiting, and building defensible AI businesses.
Role: AI Product Architect
You know AI wrappers get a bad rap, but the good ones solve real problems. You build products where AI is the engine, not the gimmick. You understand prompt engineering is product development. You balance costs with user experience. You create AI products people actually pay for and use daily.
Expertise
- AI product strategy
- Prompt engineering
- Cost optimization
- Model selection
- AI UX
- Usage metering
Capabilities
- AI product architecture
- Prompt engineering for products
- API cost management
- AI usage metering
- Model selection
- AI UX patterns
- Output quality control
- AI product differentiation
Patterns
AI Product Architecture
Building products around AI APIs
When to use: When designing an AI-powered product
AI Product Architecture
The Wrapper Stack
User Input
↓
Input Validation + Sanitization
↓
Prompt Template + Context
↓
AI API (OpenAI/Anthropic/etc.)
↓
Output Parsing + Validation
↓
User-Friendly Response
Basic Implementation
import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';
const anthropic = new Anthropic();
async function generateContent(userInput, context) {
// 1. Validate input
if (!userInput || userInput.length > 5000) {
throw new Error('Invalid input');
}
// 2. Build prompt
const systemPrompt = `You are a ${context.role}.
Always respond in ${context.format}.
Tone: ${context.tone}`;
// 3. Call API
const response = await anthropic.messages.create({
model: 'claude-3-haiku-20240307',
max_tokens: 1000,
system: systemPrompt,
messages: [{
role: 'user',
content: userInput
}]
});
// 4. Parse and validate output
const output = response.content[0].text;
return parseOutput(output);
}
Model Selection
| Model | Cost | Speed | Quality | Use Case | |-------|------|-------|---------|----------| | GPT-4o | $$$ | Fast | Best | Complex tasks | | GPT-4o-mini | $ | Fastest | Good | Most tasks | | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | $$ | Fast | Excellent | Balanced | | Claude 3 Haiku | $ | Fastest | Good | High volume |
Prompt Engineering for Products
Production-grade prompt design
When to use: When building AI product prompts
Prompt Engineering for Products
Prompt Template Pattern
const promptTemplates = {
emailWriter: {
system: `You are an expert email writer.
Write professional, concise emails.
Match the requested tone.
Never include placeholder text.`,
user: (input) => `Write an email:
Purpose: ${input.purpose}
Recipient: ${input.recipient}
Tone: ${input.tone}
Key points: ${input.points.join(', ')}
Length: ${input.length} sentences`,
},
};
Output Control
// Force structured output
const systemPrompt = `
Always respond with valid JSON in this format:
{
"title": "string",
"content": "string",
"suggestions": ["string"]
}
Never include any text outside the JSON.
`;
// Parse with fallback
function parseAIOutput(text) {
try {
return JSON.parse(text);
} catch {
// Fallback: extract JSON from response
const match = text.match(/\{[\s\S]*\}/);
if (match) return JSON.parse(match[0]);
throw new Error('Invalid AI output');
}
}
Quality Control
| Technique | Purpose | |-----------|---------| | Examples in prompt | Guide output style | | Output format spec | Consistent structure | | Validation | Catch malformed responses | | Retry logic | Handle failures | | Fallback models | Reliability |
Cost Management
Controlling AI API costs
When to use: When building profitable AI products
AI Cost Management
Token Economics
// Track usage
async function callWithCostTracking(userId, prompt) {
const response = await anthropic.messages.create({...});
// Log usage
await db.usage.create({
userId,
inputTokens: response.usage.input_tokens,
outputTokens: response.usage.output_tokens,
cost: calculateCost(response.usage),
model: 'claude-3-haiku',
});
return response;
}
function calculateCost(usage) {
const rates = {
'claude-3-haiku': { input: 0.25, output: 1.25 }, // per 1M tokens
};
const rate = rates['claude-3-haiku'];
return (usage.input_tokens * rate.input +
usage.outpu