Engineering Practice and Frameworks

Agent Development Lifecycle Guide · Intermediate 15-30 min implementation review Builder · Architect

The lifecycle chapter turns agent work into an engineering process: design, harness, eval, trace, review, rollout, and maintenance.

Agent Harnesses Guide · Intermediate 15-30 min implementation review Builder · Architect

Agent Harnesses explains the controlled environment around an agent: instructions, tools, permissions, state, evals, traces, and approvals.

Building a Minimal Agent Runtime Guide · Intermediate 15-30 min implementation review Builder · Architect · Operator

This chapter shows the smallest runtime shape that can run an agent with goals, state, tools, policies, traces, and stop reasons.

Agent Engineer Toolkit Guide · Intermediate 15-30 min implementation review Builder · Architect

The toolkit chapter helps choose the engineering surfaces needed for governable tools, prompts, evals, traces, memory, and deployment.

Framework Selection Guide · Intermediate 15-30 min implementation review Builder · Architect

Framework Selection helps compare agent frameworks by state, tools, workflows, evals, deployment, observability, and team fit.

Cross-Framework Decision Matrix Reference · Intermediate 10-20 min reference Builder · Architect

The matrix compares framework options so teams can choose based on runtime needs instead of vendor excitement.

Real Framework Setup Notes Guide · Intermediate 15-30 min implementation review Builder · Architect

Setup notes capture practical framework setup concerns: local runs, environment variables, examples, tests, and release evidence.

Templates and Worksheets Reference · Intermediate 10-20 min reference Builder · Architect

Templates and Worksheets provide reusable review artifacts for design, evaluation, production readiness, and release evidence.