Engineering Patterns for Reliable Agents

A thread you can test

What You Can Do Now

1 notes move from the word to a real choice at work — understand it first, then decide whether to use it.

READING THREADOPEN
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HOW TO READStart where you are stuck, then follow the evidence and trade-offs

Each note stands alone, or becomes the next step in this thread.

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THE QUESTION THIS PAGE ANSWERS

ANSWER FIRST

What is What You Can Do Now, and which AI decisions does it change?

Before/after score demo; three tasks: collect ten real cases, write pass criteria and run a baseline, let the numbers talk This page keeps the related concepts, common mistakes, and practical notes in one reading thread.

DECISION RULE

First decide whether you are blocked by a definition, a choice, or verification; then choose the closest of the 1 notes below.

TRY NEXT

Start with “Build Your First Eval Set,” then restate the conclusion using your own task.

WATCH FOR

Do not treat every method in a topic as interchangeable. The answer changes with the input, risk, and acceptance bar.

THIS QUESTION THREAD

Put the word back inside the choice it changes.

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Hands-on

Build Your First Eval Set

Before/after score demo; three tasks: collect ten real cases, write pass criteria and run a baseline, let the numbers talk

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