Agentic AI architecture: the loop and what breaks
An agent is a loop with tools and a stopping condition. Context growth, error handling, termination — and when to write a chain instead.
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An agent is a loop with tools and a stopping condition. Context growth, error handling, termination — and when to write a chain instead.
Tool calling fails at the interface, not the model. Schema design, descriptions, error contracts, and what MCP actually standardises.
Vibes do not scale and BLEU measures nothing you care about. Eval sets, LLM-as-judge without fooling yourself, and the biases that corrupt it.
Fine-tuning teaches behaviour, RAG supplies facts. A decision framework, the LoRA maths, real costs, and the cheaper ladder to climb first.