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Watching an Agent Recover from a Bad Tool Call
See how a good agent handles a tool that throws an error.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1The big idea
- 2error recovery
- 3retry
- 4alternate path
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Section 1
The big idea
strong agents read the error, change the plan, and retry differently
Some examples
- An npm install failing then trying yarn
- A 404 from an API leading to a different endpoint
- A failed test producing a smaller fix attempt
Try it!
Open your favorite AI tool and try one of the examples above. Pick the one that matches what you are actually working on this week. Spend 10 minutes, no more. Notice what worked and what did not — that's the real lesson.
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