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Most agents don't need a better model
What a Marlin engagement actually changes, and why it is rarely the model.
- Engineering
Loops that know when to stop
Running an agent loop is easy. Knowing when to iterate, when to wait, and when to quit is the hard part.
- Engineering
The harness does half the thinking
The same model, wrapped in a different harness, becomes a different agent. Most of the reliability lives in the wrapper.
- Engineering
The context window is a budget
Why an agent gets dumber as its context fills, and the handful of habits that keep it sharp.