Agent Engineering

Agent Engineering Best Practices

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Design AI agents that are focused, safe, and reliable. Learn the principles, patterns, and techniques for building high-quality agent systems.

Agent engineering is the discipline of designing AI agents that reliably accomplish their goals. This section covers the full lifecycle of agent design — from writing effective prompts, to coordinating specialists, to troubleshooting and iterating on prompts.

Who this is for

These best practices apply to anyone designing AI agents with Inkeep — whether you're building a single-purpose sub agent or a multi-agent system.

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