I built a Laravel package for LLM workflows with hard token and cost limits

Anton Parmuzin — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:50:08 +0000

I'm working on a Laravel package for building reliable LLM workflows. One of the use cases is content generation at scale. But once you decide to run hundreds of workflows, the problems may destroy your app.

The core flow is simple:

BRIEF → DRAFT → EDIT → QUALITY CHECK → OUTPUT

The package is mostly about controlling everything around the model:

token and cost limits
known pricing before a request is sent
persisted workflow state
safe retries
quality rules
metrics for every LLM call
optional human review

For example, say you need to generate an article:

$workflow = $rick->workflow('article-v1')
    ->budget(
        maxTotalTokens: 17_000,
        maxCostUsd: '0.02',
        requireCompleteMetrics: true,
        requireKnownPricing: true,
    )
    ->resolve(
        'Write a publication-ready article from the supplied brief.',
        'Return a clear Markdown article with no invented facts.',
    )
    ->context('brief')
    ->operation(
        operation: 'article.draft',
        output: 'draft',
        reads: ['brief'],
    )
    ->operation(
        operation: 'article.edit',
        output: 'article',
        reads: ['draft'],
    )
    ->outputGlue('article')
    ->build();

$run = $rick->run($workflow, [
    'brief' => [
        'topic' => 'How to generate content reliably with cheap LLMs',
        'audience' => 'Laravel developers',
        'language' => 'English',
        'length' => '800-1200 words',
    ],
]);

This is just one use case for Laravel Rick. The same approach works for support
workflows, data processing, structured generation, or any other multi-step LLM task.

The project is open source.

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I built a Laravel package for LLM workflows with hard token and cost limits