Tech Architecture Stories

Aug 31, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Why Agents Overstep Skill Constraints: How Ambiguity Triggers Error Cascades

The author analyzes why AI agents like WorkBuddy violate Skill constraints in the DxC writing system, identifying three failure modes, two anti-patterns, and how moving orchestration back to deterministic CLI in v0.3 reduced but didn't eliminate boundary issues, highlighting the need to separate probabilistic judgment from deterministic state management.