Walk a Tool Failure Without Guessing
Walk through how an agent should respond to a failed tool step using PDCA-style diagnosis.
Failure moment A parser tool returned only 60 percent of the contract text, but the agent still needs to produce a risk summary. The next move determines whether the system preserves truth or manufactures confidence. PDCA for agent recovery Diagnose the failure before choosing the response Not every failure deserves the same response. Separate transient tool errors from missing evidence and from risk boundaries. Shortcut Keep summarizing anyway The agent stays honest about what it knows and what it does not. Evidence quality gates action quality. Completeness Node 1 The parser output is visibly truncated and the indemnity section is…
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