Review is work for AI, too
Google introduces Deep Review for analyzing technical documents, checking arguments, and supporting review. The proposal extends a line of work that began with scientific manuscripts.
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Anthropic describes building an internal version control system for an agent-intensive operation. The case highlights new challenges in infrastructure, code review, and integration.
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Review is work for AI, too
Google introduces Deep Review for analyzing technical documents, checking arguments, and supporting review. The proposal extends a line of work that began with scientific manuscripts.
How to put it into practice
Try itTry reviewing a public document and compare the notes with a human reading.
Keep this in mindThe tool offers assistance, not professional validation. Check data policies and current terms before submitting documents.
Analyzing technical documents with Deep Review
Read at the source · Google ResearchReference checked on Oct 23, 2026
Agents that understand the landscape
An experimental agent connects geospatial models, tools, and planning for analyses that require multiple steps. It is a concrete example of general AI combined with domain knowledge.
How to put it into practice
Try itSee how planning and specialized sources enter the workflow before the answer.
Keep this in mindExperimental access and a specialized domain. Results do not automatically transfer to other businesses.
Putting Earth AI to work: Geospatial agents for our planet’s biggest challenges
Read at the source · Google ResearchReference checked on Oct 23, 2026
As code speeds up, the bottleneck shifts
Anthropic describes building an internal version control system for an agent-intensive operation. The case highlights new challenges in infrastructure, code review, and integration.
How to put it into practice
Try itMap your delivery bottleneck before investing in more code generation.
Keep this in mindThis is an internal case at an unusual scale, not a recommendation to abandon Git.
Redesigning source control at Anthropic
Read the source · AnthropicReference checked on Oct 23, 2026
Design the workflow before the agent
A guide to workflows, agents, and composition patterns. It helps you choose the right level of autonomy for a task and start with an understandable architecture.
How to put it into practice
Try itMap the inputs, steps, tools, and stopping criteria for a small task.
Keep this in mindA 2024 guide; the author notes that some tools have changed. Use its principles and check current documentation.
Building effective agents
Read the source · AnthropicReference checked on Oct 23, 2026
Tools an agent can use
Tool names, descriptions, parameters, and responses affect execution quality. This article discusses how to design and evaluate interfaces for agents.
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Try itReview a tool: make its purpose, parameters, and errors explicit, then test failure cases.
Keep this in mindA well-described interface does not remove the need for permissions and validation.
Writing effective tools for AI agents
Read the source · AnthropicReference checked on Oct 23, 2026
Your first small agent
Documentation for a Python library for building agents that use tools or code. It includes getting started material and isolated execution options.
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Try itBuild a prototype with a read-only tool and a well-scoped task.
Keep this in mindGenerated code requires isolation. Selected models and services may have their own costs.
smolagents documentation
Read the source · Hugging FaceReference checked on Oct 23, 2026
How to tell whether the agent improved
A starting point for evaluating agent workflow behavior, using execution traces, and comparing changes against representative case sets.
How to put it into practice
Try itRecord five real failures and turn them into repeatable evaluation cases.
Keep this in mindA guide specific to the OpenAI platform. Check requirements and pricing before adopting it.
Evaluate agent workflows
Read the source · OpenAIReference checked on Oct 23, 2026
Do more agents really help?
An experimental analysis examines when agent coordination helps and when it adds cost or gets in the way. Task structure matters when choosing an architecture.
How to put it into practice
Try itCompare a simple and a parallel workflow on the same task, with quality and cost defined.
Keep this in mindThe results are limited to the study's configurations and tests.
Towards a science of scaling agent systems: When and why agent systems work
Read at the source · Google ResearchReference checked on Oct 23, 2026
RAG: answers grounded in documents
A foundational work combining a model's memory with external document retrieval. It helps explain the concepts behind answers grounded in a knowledge collection.
How to put it into practice
Try itSeparate the problem of finding the right document from the problem of producing the answer.
Keep this in mindA foundational paper. It does not by itself describe current implementation practices and tools.
Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Knowledge-Intensive NLP Tasks
Read the source · arXivReference checked on Oct 23, 2026
ReAct: observe, act, adjust
Studies the combination of reasoning and actions with observations from an environment. It is a reference for understanding agents that consult tools throughout a task.
How to put it into practice
Try itIdentify when an assistant needs to look for evidence instead of continuing to generate text.
Keep this in mindResults depend on the environments studied. Reasoning explanations do not prove correctness.
ReAct: Synergizing Reasoning and Acting in Language Models
Read the source · arXivReference checked on Oct 23, 2026
How models learn to use tools
Studies training that teaches models when to call APIs and incorporate their results. It provides context for the development of models that interact with external tools.
How to put it into practice
Try itUse this reading to distinguish model capability, tool design, and system orchestration.
Keep this in mindThis is research on training, not a tutorial for deploying today's agents.
Toolformer: Language Models Can Teach Themselves to Use Tools
Read the source · arXivReference checked on Oct 23, 2026
Evaluate RAG beyond a polished answer
Organizes evaluation dimensions for RAG systems, covering retrieval and generation. It helps structure questions about relevance and faithfulness to sources.
How to put it into practice
Try itSet separate criteria for retrieval, use of evidence, and answer quality.
Keep this in mindMetrics and benchmarks do not represent every risk of real-world use.
Evaluation of Retrieval-Augmented Generation: A Survey
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