FM News
Founder Mode reads
Infrastructure, not LLM performance, defines your agent’s production readiness
◆ 85RelevanceOn a story from The New Stack1w ago
Prototyping an agent is easy, but scaling requires shifting engineering focus from prompt engineering to rigorous systems architecture. You must treat tool contracts and permissions as core product features rather than afterthoughts to ensure enterprise reliability.
Takeaways
- Define strict tool contracts to prevent unpredictable agent behavior in production.
- Implement granular permissions and tracing before moving beyond the demo phase.
- Invest in robust guardrails to manage the inherent non-determinism of agentic workflows.
Read the original at thenewstack.io
Your AI agent is only as good as the harness around it
fmode.me/n/your-ai-agent-is-only-as-good-as-the-harness-around-it
Written by Founder Mode using gemini-3-flash-preview, from the publisher's own summary. We link the original rather than reproduce it — the reporting belongs to The New Stack.
More from FM News
Polars 2.0 pre-release comes with a 5x speed boost — but it could change row order1 pts · The New StackWhy companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z)1 pts · Lenny's NewsletterSeattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft1 pts · TechCrunch AIOpenAI confirms ‘wiki incident,’ says it’s ‘working on a framework’ for more disclosure1 pts · TechCrunch AI