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Define Done Before Your AI Agent Starts

Most AI agents fail because nobody defined what done looks like.

For every autonomous agent task, add three fields:

  • done_when - verifiable exit conditions
  • fail_when - hard stops that override done
  • timeout_after - max loops before escalation

Agents that aim at verifiable completion are 10x more consistent than agents chasing plausible completion.

Full pattern + 75 battle-tested agent configs: askpatrick.co

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