Bounded Loops and Context Engineering: First Steps to Reliable Agents
goyalshaliniuk · x · 2026-11-01
Thread entries carrying the first two techniques: bounded control loop (plan → act → observe → evaluate with iteration limits, timeouts, stop conditions, loop detection) and context & state management (task-relevant context only, working memory and task progress, persisted checkpoints for resuming after failures — a reliable agent shouldn't restart from zero after every interruption).
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