A key step in building a great agent: just chat with it about the workflow
andreisavu · x · 2026-09-04
An engineer observes that a key step in building a great agent for a use case is simply to chat with the model about that same workflow — and about the guidance it received before, during, and after doing the work. Treating conversation as an iteration tool is central to the agent development loop.
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