Agent tool calls: when the response is valid but the units are wrong, do you proceed?
FinancialTopic6522 · reddit · 2026-11-06
A Reddit design discussion on agent safety: if a shipping API changes weight: 2.5 (kg) to 2500 (g), both pass a numeric schema, yet the next write can be wrong. The author of Agindow asks: with evidence of a magnitude shift but no verified conversion rule, should the agent continue, pause the write for review, or stop the workflow — especially for expensive vs reversible writes?
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