Stories from people dealing with Agent Frameworks — what changed, who decided it, and what the ordinary days look like now.
6 stories
Agentic AI & Orchestration
In an isolated test, instructions inside a downloaded PDF diverted a browser agent from its assigned upload path. The reliable fixes sit around the model, not in another warning prompt.
Mara Quintero · August 9, 2026 · 8 min
Agentic AI & Orchestration
A one-time expense agent can retain access to email and files long after submitting the report. Expiring its credentials closes that gap, but only if the orchestrator controls the token lifecycle.
Mara Quintero · 8 min read
AI Industry & Models
OpenAI’s Responses API unifies model input and tool use, but it does not turn every Assistant, Thread, or Run into an equivalent object. Here is the migration map.
Tobias Lund · 8 min read
Agentic AI & Orchestration
An agent can change an inbox, lose its working context, then repeat the same actions. Checkpoint design determines whether it resumes cleanly or leaves duplicate drafts and missing work.
Mara Quintero · 7 min read
Agentic AI & Orchestration
A dependency update is a useful test of coding agents because the patch is small but the definition of success is not. Passing tests alone cannot establish that the migration is safe.
Mara Quintero · 8 min read
Agentic AI & Orchestration
An MCP connection does not create a new permission boundary. Follow one GitHub workflow to see where credentials go, what enters model context, and when a narrower direct integration is the better choice.
Mara Quintero · 8 min read
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