A production-ready AI agent needs a stopping strategy, not just reasoning and tools
goyalshaliniuk · x · 2026-11-11
A production-ready agent needs more than reasoning and tool access — it needs a well-defined stopping strategy. Before deploying an autonomous agent, the author argues you should ensure:
- Clear completion criteria
- Execution and budget limits
- Loop and stagnation detection
- Output verification
- Explicit exit and handoff states
Not every task ends in success: reliable agents need multiple exit paths — Completed, Failed, Needs approval, Blocked, Budget exceeded. The smartest agent isn't the one that keeps working forever, but the one that knows when its job is done.
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