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Ten Failure Modes That Define Production AI Agent Architectures

The failure is rarely the model. It is the loop with no edge, the handoff that drops what mattered, the fan-out that multiplies exposure, and the checkpoint nobody wired in before an irreversible action.

By Brecht Corbeel · August 12, 2026 · 16 min read

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AI Agents & Systems

How an AI Agent Architecture Actually Works, Step by Step

A working agent is a loop with a contract — observe, plan, act, reflect — plus explicit rules for what persists, what a tool call returns, and where a human has to say yes.

By Brecht Corbeel · August 12, 2026 · 6 min read

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