Orchestrator Beats Model: Agent State Must Survive Every Handoff
tallmetommy · x · 2026-10-07
Responding to Scobleizer's point about routing each task to the best model, tallmetommy argues that's the right architecture — but once models become interchangeable, continuity can't live inside any one model. Goals, evidence, permissions, and rejected paths must survive every handoff, making the orchestrator more important than the model.
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