[Hands-on Workshop] Let's Get Dangerous: Giving Customers "Root Access" to the System Prompt

​Every engineering instinct says: lock down the prompt. Sanitize inputs, hide the system prompt, never let customers touch it. But real systems break under that rule.

​Customers need control over data shapes, constraints, and formatting. That means write access to prompts and real risk.

​This workshop is about engineering that risk away: treating prompts as a compilation target, turning messy intent into validated schemas, executable constraints, and feedback loops that keep failures visible.

​KEY TOPICS

• ​The Prompt Security Paradox: Why locking down prompts kills flexibility and how to give customers control without chaos

• ​Prompts as Compilation Targets: Treating prompts like code with validation, schemas, and structured constraints

• ​Risk Engineering: Building guardrails that let customers customize while keeping the system safe

• ​Practical Prompt Validation: Turning messy customer intent into executable, reliable agent behavior

• ​Failure Visibility: Designing feedback loops that surface problems before they reach production

​EXPECTED OUTCOMES

​You'll leave with:

• ​A practical framework for safely exposing prompt customization to customers

• ​Hands-on experience building validated prompt schemas and constraints

• ​Mental models for evaluating when to lock down vs. open up prompt access

• ​Strategies for balancing customer control with system reliability

​PRE-WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS

• ​Hardware: Laptop with internet access and a development environment set up

• ​Software: AI coding tool (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar) installed and authenticated. Familiarity with basic CLI workflows is helpful.

• ​Materials: No prior experience required. Come ready to explore how to turn risky prompt access into reliable, customer-controlled systems.

​WORKSHOP ACCESS & ELIGIBILITY

​This workshop is exclusively available to attendees of the main event and cannot be registered for separately. Workshop access is offered on a first come, first served basis with limited seats available.

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