Workflow before autonomy
Start with the smallest dependable path: intake, classification, extraction, validation, review, output, and logging. Use autonomous agent loops only where the task cannot be represented as a predictable workflow.
Implementation principles
Start with the smallest dependable path: intake, classification, extraction, validation, review, output, and logging. Use autonomous agent loops only where the task cannot be represented as a predictable workflow.
Every parser, retrieval call, database write, and business-system action needs a clear contract, narrow parameters, examples, failure modes, and reviewer-visible evidence.
Low-confidence extraction, conflicting source evidence, external messages, record updates, payments, submissions, and generated legal or financial outputs should stop at a review gate before release.
Production readiness depends on representative documents, edge cases, expected outputs, trace inspection, regression tests, and measurable acceptance criteria rather than demo-only prompt tuning.
Untrusted document text should be treated as data, not instructions. Prefer structured extraction, allow-listed actions, guardrails, tool approvals, and isolation between reading and acting steps.
Reviewers should see extracted values beside the originating page, line, table, email, or attachment so corrections improve the system instead of becoming invisible manual cleanup.
References
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Open referenceExternal reference used for implementation thinking around AI agents, tool use, evaluation, safety, and trustworthy workflow design.
Open referenceExternal reference used for implementation thinking around AI agents, tool use, evaluation, safety, and trustworthy workflow design.
Open referenceExternal reference used for implementation thinking around AI agents, tool use, evaluation, safety, and trustworthy workflow design.
Open referenceExternal reference used for implementation thinking around AI agents, tool use, evaluation, safety, and trustworthy workflow design.
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