Agents

Agents

The agent loop, tools, scope contracts, verification gates and why agents fail.

26 of 15 planned

RolesAgent Systems EngineeringAI Evaluation and ReliabilityCustomer AI DeploymentDeveloper Experience and Education

Level

26 items

  1. Seven surfaces, and the symptom when each is missingL1ScreenConcept6 min
  2. What a handoff packet carries that a status report does notL1ScreenConcept6 min
  3. What makes a loop an agent and not a chat botL1ScreenConcept5 min
  4. What one feedback record carriesL1ScreenConcept5 min
  5. A login fix touched five filesL2WorkingDebug10 min
  6. A short router or a long manual for the agentL2WorkingTrade-off10 min
  7. Explicit finish tool or no-tool-call stopL2WorkingTrade-off8 min
  8. One turn cap for every task, what number do you giveL2WorkingEstimate8 min
  9. Pick the permission mode for the task in front of youL2WorkingTrade-off8 min
  10. Read the loop, what the caller gets at the turn capL2WorkingCode reading8 min
  11. Read the registry, what the model gets back on a bad callL2WorkingCode reading10 min
  12. The agent said the tests passed, and no test ranL2WorkingDebug10 min
  13. This agent loops forever, find out whyL2WorkingDebug10 min
  14. Turn be careful into a rule a checker can scoreL2WorkingDesign12 min
  15. Build the harness now, or wait for a smarter modelL3SeniorTrade-off10 min
  16. Compact the context, or end the session and hand offL3SeniorTrade-off10 min
  17. Every action was approved, and the run was still harmfulL3SeniorConcept10 min
  18. Package the workbench so one command installs it anywhereL3SeniorTake-home45 min
  19. Read the harness, a hook aborts a tool call mid-planL3SeniorCode reading12 min
  20. The gate stayed green while the tests disappearedL3SeniorDebug12 min
  21. The rule is in the repo, and the agent keeps breaking itL3SeniorDebug12 min
  22. Why the verification gate has no model in itL3SeniorConcept10 min
  23. Bring evidence for one agent-assisted changeL4StaffTake-home60 min
  24. Translate eight harness patterns into primitivesL4StaffConcept15 min
  25. Two hundred registered tools, forty visible at a timeL4StaffDesign15 min
  26. Two scope contracts apply to one diff, define the mergeL4StaffDesign15 min

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