Notes from systems that are actually running
Short pieces on the decisions that turn out to matter once an agent is in production, written for the person who will have to maintain it.
All articles
- 6 min readWhy autonomous agents need approval gatesThe argument for gating every irreversible action, and why the usual objection about speed does not survive contact with a team that has to verify the output anyway.Read why autonomous agents need approval gates
- 5 min readEvaluate the whole system before you connect anythingDemo mode is not a sales tactic. Running an agent end to end on seeded data, including its failure behaviour, is the only honest way to evaluate one.Read evaluate the whole system before you connect anything
- 5 min readRetrieval scope belongs in the query, not in the filterFiltering vector search results by user looks equivalent to scoping the search itself. It is not, and the difference shows up as both a security property and better recall.Read retrieval scope belongs in the query, not in the filter
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