The Builder, the Critic, and the Circuit Breaker: How I’d Design AI Agents That Don’t Bankrupt You (opens in new tab)

The Builder, the Critic, and the Circuit Breaker: How I’d Design AI Agents That Don’t Bankrupt You - by @vijayasankarv "The simplest and most important constraint: set a maximum iteration count and make it unconditional. Four to five rounds is the absolute ceiling for enterprise workflows. If the loop hasn’t resolved by then, the agents aren’t converging on an answer, they’re producing token churn. The orchestrator ends the loop regardless of where things stand. This feels blunt. That’s the p...