Architectural Principles

Architectural Principles

Agent Design:

• Each agent has a single, well-defined responsibility
• Every agent includes quality inspection as a first-class concern
• Agents operate within supervision hierarchies
• Communication happens through structured protocols, not ad-hoc interactions
• Agents own their context and state

Workflow Orchestration:

• Workflows mirror proven organizational patterns
• Progressive complexity management: chaos is intentionally guided through stages
• Built-in escalation paths and human-in-the-loop when needed
• Adaptive execution that learns from every run
• Simple coordination mechanisms over complex orchestration

System Properties:

• Deterministic when possible, adaptive when necessary
• Transparent operation: every decision, every data point traceable
• Measurable improvement: systems get quantifiably better over time
• Graceful degradation: failures make the system smarter, not brittle
• Independent deployment: agents can be updated without system-wide changes