Track the State
Across many sites, the agent is only as good as what it remembers. Here you’ll name what it must carry forward and add the checkpoints that catch drift, duplicates, and stale data.
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The scenario
An agentic browser is 20 minutes into a grant search across eight sites. It has returned a growing list, but several entries look similar and a few have no date.
Add your checkpoints
For each risk, write what the agent must remember and the checkpoint that catches it. Saved on this device.
| Risk | What to remember | Checkpoint |
|---|---|---|
| Drift (answering a different question) | ||
| Duplication (same grant twice) | ||
| Staleness (past-deadline / old page) |
Saved automatically on this device.
Reveal model answer
| Risk | Remember + checkpoint |
|---|---|
| Drift | Carry the original goal; checkpoint: "Restate the goal and confirm each result fits it." |
| Duplication | Carry the list of opportunities + their sources; checkpoint: "De-duplicate; flag any two entries that are the same grant on different sites." |
| Staleness | Carry the posting/deadline date per finding; checkpoint: "Attach a date to each and drop anything past its deadline." |
Takeaway: one mid-loop checkpoint — "show me what you’ve found, with source and date, and flag duplicates" — catches all three before they reach your table.