How do 'Run Boxes' improve agent reliability?

Run Boxes monitor agent behavior at the loop level rather than individual LLM calls. By tracking signals like file edit frequency or test results, they can detect when an agent is stuck or behaving erratically.

Should I use multiple agents in parallel for complex tasks?

This skill suggests defaulting to single-threaded, sequential workflows. Parallelization often introduces high communication overhead and coordination complexity that can outweigh the performance benefits.

What makes an AI agent 'antibrittle'?

An antibrittle agent doesn't just survive failures; it treats failure as valuable information, using it to recover gracefully and become more reliable over time through structured monitoring and state management.

What is 'worldline rot' in LLM context management?

Worldline rot refers to the gradual degradation of prompt quality and context clarity as an agent accumulates history. The 'Trench' pattern prevents this by using hard boundaries and state resets between task phases.

Antibrittle Agent Patterns

Name: Antibrittle Agent Patterns
Author: bigadamknight

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数据科学与机器学习

Implements architectural principles for building reliable, long-running AI agents that recover gracefully from failure and maintain context integrity.

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This skill provides a comprehensive framework for designing 'antibrittle' AI agents capable of autonomous operation for hours or days without performance degradation. By moving away from rigid linearity and focusing on behavioral monitoring through 'Run Boxes,' context isolation via 'Trenches,' and high-accountability decision logging, it helps developers build agentic systems that actually improve under stress. This is an essential toolkit for anyone building sophisticated autonomous workflows where state management and long-term reliability are critical for success.

主要功能

Regions of Freedom to enable non-linear, exploratory problem solving
Structured intervention frameworks for long-horizon task management
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Context Trenches to prevent prompt rot and maintain state boundaries
Traceable receipt generation for high-accountability decision making
Behavioral Run Boxes for monitoring agent loop health and signals

使用场景

Architecting autonomous coding agents for large-scale codebase refactoring
Designing multi-phase research agents that must maintain state over long durations
Building self-healing automation workflows that recover from tool and API failures

关于

主要功能

Regions of Freedom to enable non-linear, exploratory problem solving
Structured intervention frameworks for long-horizon task management
0 GitHub stars
Context Trenches to prevent prompt rot and maintain state boundaries
Traceable receipt generation for high-accountability decision making
Behavioral Run Boxes for monitoring agent loop health and signals

使用场景

Architecting autonomous coding agents for large-scale codebase refactoring
Designing multi-phase research agents that must maintain state over long durations
Building self-healing automation workflows that recover from tool and API failures