Most AI agents fail because nobody defined what done looks like.
For every autonomous agent task, add three fields:
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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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