Designing Agents (The Floor Is the Frontier) — Ben Hylak, Raindrop
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Terms in this piece · Glossary
eval — A repeatable test for AI quality — a set of tasks plus scoring — used the way software teams use test suites, because model output is too variable to judge by eyeballing.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
Why it matters
The floor, not the ceiling, is what breaks user trust, and the two-number triage gives teams a way to rank an effectively infinite issue list.
