# The Schema-Driven LLM Query Pattern

DevFeed: [The Schema-Driven LLM Query Pattern](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-schema-driven-llm-query-pattern-30862.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.packetcoders.io/the-schema-driven-llm-query-pattern/>)

Author: Rick Donato

Published: 2026-02-27T15:09:32Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Packet Coders - Learn Network Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/packet-coders-learn-network-automation.md>)

Topics: [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Structured-data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/structured-data.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [pandas](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pandas.md>), [Query (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/query.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [pandas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pandas.md>), [rest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest.md>), [schema](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [structured](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/structured.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial presents the Schema-Driven LLM Query Pattern. Instead of sending raw data to an external LLM, it sends the data schema, receives query syntax, and executes the query locally to reduce data exposure and token usage.

## Source excerpt

Typically, when working with an LLM, you send your data along with a prompt and receive a response. But this pattern often introduces issues, especially with public LLMs, due to security concerns and token bloat. There is a different pattern we can use: the Schema-Driven LLM Query Pattern. With