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Failure Is a Designed State
Failures are expected outcomes such as missing data, denied permission, or an unavailable service. A robust graph names them and routes to recovery, escalation, or a safe stop.
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AI Agent Graph Engineering
Graph Engineering for AI Agents
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A Choice Selects Among Alternatives
A Goal Is a Testable Destination
A Tool Changes What an Agent Can Do
Failure Is a Designed State
Feedback Compares Result With Aim
Graph and State Literacy
Graphs Show Things and Relationships
Inputs, Transformations, and Outputs
Instructions Constrain Behavior
Learning Objectives Describe Demonstrable Change
Memory Carries Information Forward
Order Can Change an Outcome
People Retain Meaningful Control
Purpose Limits Data Use
Uncertainty Is Information
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In this situation—a weather tool timing out while an agent plans an outdoor event—which choice best applies “Failure Is a Designed State”?
Parallelism Requires Independent Work and a Join
Retries Need Classification, Backoff, and Budgets
Success Criteria Need Measures and Guardrails
Tool Interfaces Are Typed Boundaries