Agent Design Debate: Why Execution and Verification Must Be Separated
OGMYT · reddit · 2026-08-08
A developer building software agent systems raises a core design question: Should the model executing an action be the final authority on whether it succeeded?
The author argues no. For meaningful workflows, execution, checks, repair, and evidence provision should be separate concepts. Their Flows system and the underlying Oort library are built exactly on this philosophy.
The post sparks a discussion on what constitutes "independent verification" versus simple provider self-reporting in agentic systems.
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