Agent Architectures: Hype vs Reality
Safe agent loops and control boundaries
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Chapter assignment
Design a safe agent loop with hard limits, allow-list, logging, and fallback. Compare it with a simple prompt chain for the same task.
What to do now
- Define allowed actions.
- Set a stop condition.
- Log one decision that must be reviewable.
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