The outcome

Implement a useful agent loop without giving the model broader access or ambiguity than the task requires.

Step by step

A workflow you can repeat.

  1. 01

    Write the task contract, accepted inputs, output schema, success criteria, iteration limit, and actions that require approval.

  2. 02

    Choose a supported model and define the minimum tools with narrow typed arguments, clear descriptions, validated returns, and timeouts.

  3. 03

    Create the agent with an explicit system prompt and structured response schema, keeping credentials and authorization inside tool code.

  4. 04

    Run normal, ambiguous, adversarial, tool-error, repeated-call, and malformed-output cases while recording the complete execution trace.

  5. 05

    Add middleware for retries, limits, redaction, and human review, then pin dependencies and version the test set before release.

Working standard

What good use looks like.

  • Expose the fewest possible tools.
  • Validate every tool boundary.
  • Bound agent iterations and cost.

Official references

Check the current product documentation.