Tool Calls Are Side Effects: Why Agent Reliability Starts With Contracts
The hardest part of agent engineering is not getting a model to call a tool. It is making tool use safe, predictable, and recoverable under real failure conditions.
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The hardest part of agent engineering is not getting a model to call a tool. It is making tool use safe, predictable, and recoverable under real failure conditions.
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