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Constraints prevent confusion.
Without clear constraints, system behavior drifts into unpredictable states.
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Clear constraints are not walls; they are channels. They define where the system has the permission to act.
When we design an agent, we often focus on what it should achieve. We forget that defining what it cannot do is what makes its behavior safe and predictable.
A system with no limits will eventually find a way to fail. A system with well-defined constraints can operate with confidence inside its envelope.
What this changes in practice: start by writing the boundaries of the execution envelope before choosing the tools.