Passing Once Isn't Reliable — This Week's Agent Engineering Puts the Harness Before the Model

Dev.to•Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 11:14 AM•2 min read

This digest covers AI agent developments from 2026-08-18 to 2026-08-25: orchestration patterns, tool/function calling, memory, planning loops, multi-agent coordination, and agent evaluation. 🔥 Highlights AgentWeave: Routing Before Reasoning for Efficient Function Calling in Tool-Rich Language Mo...

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