Deterministic Core, Agentic Shell
DavidKPiano · x · 2026-07-20
The author outlines a system design philosophy developed over the past two years:
- Initially, allow the model to perform reasoning for all steps, observing its behavior to determine correctness.
- Gradually strip away the steps that can be replaced by deterministic logic.
This eventually leads to a "deterministic core + agentic shell" architecture: most reasoning is eliminated, yet the system remains more stable than purely deterministic approaches while handling a wider array of tasks.
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