— field guide · no. 01 —
Anatomy of an agent.
An agent is a system, not a magic prompt. Ten parts, each doing a specific job. Click any piece to read what it does. Toggle it off to see what was holding it up.
Reliability
Every part is in place.
100/ 100
production-ready
production-ready
· all parts on ·
— outcome —
Agent shipped — on goal, within bounds, fully traced.
— a note —
Take any one away and the rest start to wobble.
“The teams who ship reliable agents don’t have a secret prompt. They have all ten of these parts wired up, measured, and improved week over week.”