Category · 6 laws
Architecture & Operations
Shape, cost, and surviving production.
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Don't Build an Agent When a Workflow Will Do
Agents buy flexibility with latency, cost, and unpredictability.
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Cascade Before You Escalate
Try the cheap model first. Only the hard cases deserve the expensive one.
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The Multi-Agent Tax
Every extra agent multiplies your token bill, so make sure the task can pay it.
39
Your Architecture Mirrors Your Org Chart
You ship a system shaped like your teams, so design the teams first.
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Retries Demand Idempotency
If an action can run twice, a retry will eventually run it twice.
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Trip the Breaker
Stop calling the thing that's already failing.