The Seven-Layer Agent Audit Your agent is starved on one layer of seven. It is rarely the harness everyone argues about. Systems & Laws 2026·06·17 · 13 min The comforting false fix
It is the same move every time: spend on the part you can see so you do not have to diagnose the part you cannot. Call it the comforting false fix, and most of agent engineering is some version of it.
Published 17 June 2026 in The Seven-Layer Agent Audit
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