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Does this node actually need an LLM? The four-gate test, and the second test nobody runs

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Does this node actually need an LLM? The four-gate test, and the second test nobody runs Agentic systems tend to put an LLM everywhere a decision happens, because the input is text and text feels like judgment. Most of those nodes are deterministic in disguise. Here is a four-gate test for whether…

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  1. 2026-09-02 14:58 · DEV Community — AI
    Does this node actually need an LLM? The four-gate test, and the second test nobody runs

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