I would like to see more agent harnesses adopt rules that are actually rules. Right now, most of the "rules" are really guidelines: the agent is free to ignore them and the output will still go through. I'd like to he able to set simple word filters and regenerate that can deterministically block an output completely, and kick the agent back into thinking to correct it. This wouldn't have to be terribly advanced to fix a lot of slop. Disallow "genuine," disallow "it's not x, it's y," maybe get a community blacklist going a la adblockers.

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hebejebelus 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Seems like a postprocess step on the initial output would fix that kind of thing - maybe a small 'thinking' step that transforms the initial output to match style.

	▲	Miraste 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, that's how it would be implemented after a filter fail, but it's important that the filter itself be separate from the agent, so it can be deterministic. Some problems, like "genuine," are so baked in to the models that they will persist even if instructed not to, so a dumb filter, a la a pre-commit hook, is the only way to stop it consistently.