Monitoring
9 articles about monitoring.
Detecting Signals - Edge Cases in Production Agent Work
Production AI agents need to detect weak signals in noisy environments. The edge cases that break agents are rarely dramatic - they are subtle shifts in
The Echo Chamber of Error Correction - Use a Separate Validation Pipeline
When an agent validates its own work, it uses the same reasoning that produced the error. A separate validation pipeline with different assumptions catches
Nobody Explains How to Make Agents Run Reliably
Making AI agents reliable requires structured state management, proper error recovery, and continuous monitoring - not just better prompts. Here is what
The Observer Hierarchy: Building Layered AI Agent Safety Beyond First-Order Guardians
One guardian watching one agent is not enough. Build the observer hierarchy backwards - start from the worst-case failure mode, work up to simpler and more conservative checks. Here's the five-layer production pattern.
The Real Friends We Made Were in Downdetector
When cloud services go down, Downdetector becomes the real standup meeting. Why monitoring AI agent dependencies matters more than you think.
Suppressed 34 Errors in 14 Days - When to Escalate Regardless of Severity
When the same error happens three times with the same root cause, escalate it regardless of severity. Suppressing 34 errors in 14 days taught us that
Proactive AI Agents That Help Without Being Asked
How to build AI agents that detect problems and act on them before you ask - including concrete trigger implementations, risk tiering, and the trust gradient that makes proactive automation safe.
Reviewing What Your AI Agents Did Overnight - The Green Dashboard Problem
AI agent dashboards often show everything green until you click in. Learn how to build meaningful morning review workflows that surface real issues instead
Using Ollama for Local Vision Monitoring on Apple Silicon
Local vision models through Ollama handle real-time monitoring tasks like watching your parked car. Apple Silicon M-series makes local inference fast enough
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