3 Agent Patterns Worth Knowing (Before You Blame the Model)
The first time an agent blows it, the instinct is to reach for a bigger model. The second time, to “prompt harder.” Both miss the point. An agent that goes wrong is usually not a dumb model. It’s a model you handed the wrong shape to work in. The patterns you choose — how the model routes, what tools it can touch, whether it checks its own work — are what separate an agent that seems smart from one that keeps failing in the same predictable way. ...