A clear brief, approved tools and checks keep the agent inside the job you gave it.
THE IDEA IN PLAIN LANGUAGE
Harness engineering
Give each agent a clear job, the right tools, and a defined way to prove its work is ready.
IN PRACTICE
An invoice agent receives a batch of bills, access to the purchase-order system, and a checklist for matching amounts before preparing a payment review.
How it’s built +
Package the role instructions, allowed tools, file workspace, input schema, and checks into a versioned run configuration. Save intermediate artifacts and stop the run when its time, cost, or retry budget is reached.
✓
Passing the checks prepares the work for review; it does not grant permission to make a payment.
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Memory Systems
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Working / context
The current task brief, selected sources, draft state, and unresolved questions.
One task or iteration; checkpoints carry forward only the details needed to resume.Access & retention +
Retrieve within the assigned customer, project, and role; cap the context size and rebuild it when source versions change.
02
Episodic / run history
What a run attempted, the artifacts it produced, check results, and reviewer decisions.
Retained under the project’s documented audit schedule, with sensitive content removed when due.Access & retention +
Keep timestamped, version-linked records; treat past attempts as evidence, never as new instructions.
03
Semantic / retrieval
Approved product facts, company policies, customer preferences, and reference notes with source links.
Until the source is superseded, its review date passes, or its access permission expires.Access & retention +
Filter retrieval by role, project, and access permissions; review proposed additions before they become shared knowledge.
04
Procedural / playbooks
Approved checklists, tool recipes, operating procedures, and prompt configurations.
An approved version stays active until a reviewed replacement passes regression checks.Access & retention +
Agents may propose revisions; a responsible owner approves promotion and can roll back to the prior version.
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Relational / connected facts
Links among customers, projects, people, contracts, assets, and the permissions that connect them.
Dated records remain useful while the relationship is valid and follow the organization’s retention rules.Access & retention +
Use authoritative records with scoped access; missing or conflicting ownership and permissions go to a person for resolution.
Sources & design notes +
The workflows are Blynx concepts. These primary sources explain the engineering techniques behind them.
The original technique repeatedly works from a specification and checks the result. Blynx’s creative examples adapt that idea with finite budgets, review gates and explicit stopping rules.
Evaluate outcomes and inspect execution traces with task-specific checks. A model’s own quality score is not sufficient evidence that a process improved.