Sentry Founder on Building Determinism in AI Agents That Lack It
zeeg · x · 2026-10-30
David Cramer, founder of Sentry, published a blog post on a challenge he keeps grappling with: creating determinism where it doesn't naturally exist — how to get an AI agent to behave the way he would, without being explicitly told to.
He admits the post feels rough after two hours of editing, but the core question resonates across agent engineering: today's agents only follow explicit instructions and lack the ability to act in line with your own judgment unprompted. The post includes an accompanying workflow diagram.
Related event: Sentry Founder's Essay: Bringing a Little Determinism to AI Agents(2 posts)→
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