A fixed agent workflow doesn't guarantee fixed output: path determinism ≠ result determinism
gethackteam · x · 2026-09-30
gethackteam points out a common conflation: a fixed sequence of agent steps doesn't guarantee a fixed answer. Running extract → classify → summarize every time can still yield different results. When someone calls a workflow 'deterministic,' ask whether they mean the execution path or the output — the two are not the same, a distinction that matters directly for agent evals and engineering practice.
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