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The Hardest Part of a Local Agent Is Deciding When to Stop

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Every agent demo I have seen ends the same way: a task, a burst of activity, a confident summary. Nobody ever shows the part where it should have stopped three steps ago. Stopping is the actual product. Three ways to stop, only one of which I trust Step budget. Stop after N actions. Cheap, predicta…

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  1. 2026-10-21 07:12 · DEV Community — AI
    The Hardest Part of a Local Agent Is Deciding When to Stop

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