How do you debug AI agents when they break?
Impressive-Iron5216 · reddit · 2026-08-22
Seeking best practices for debugging AI agents that get stuck in loops or call wrong tools. Discussion covers:
- Tools: Tracing platforms (LangSmith, Arize Phoenix) vs. old-school logging.
- Failures: Strangest or most expensive bugs seen in dev/prod.
- Fixes: Human-in-the-loop, strict system prompts, or automated tests.
Share your setup for finding root causes when LLMs hallucinate through multi-step tasks.
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