Glossary
Agent Scaffolding
Scaffolding is the software around a model—loops, tools, memory, and policies—that turns completions into goal-seeking agent behavior.
Agent Scaffolding: Scaffolding is the software around a model—loops, tools, memory, and policies—that turns completions into goal-seeking agent behavior.
Definition
Agent scaffolding is the software surrounding a model—loops, tools, memory, policies, and UIs—that turns text generation into goal-seeking behavior.
Why the term matters
Model quality is necessary but not sufficient; scaffolding quality often determines production reliability.
See also
Related reading
Agentic Architecture: Core Components of Production Agents
A practical architecture model for agentic systems: goals, planners, tools, memory, orchestration, evals, and control planes.
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