Gen AI Lingo

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The software around the model

The harness, workflows, plans, context selection, state and stops.

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What you’ll learn

  1. The harness runs the agent loop

    Identify software that manages context, tools and stopping.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  2. A workflow follows a designed route

    Distinguish a fixed sequence from model-chosen next steps.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  3. Planning is a revisable proposal

    Recognize a plan as provisional.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  4. Context engineering selects useful input

    Choose relevant information for the next decision.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  5. State records what happened

    Distinguish task status from conversational claims.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  6. A stop rule bounds work

    Choose an explicit completion or escalation condition.

    About 4 minutes · Open activity

  7. Label the harness

    Explain which component selected context, requested an action, executed it, recorded the outcome and stopped the supplied run.

    About 5 minutes · Open activity