AI agents

Dry runs, confirmation, and idempotency

• A Dry-Run Endpoint for Reversals: Testing the Undo First
• Idempotency Keys for Agent Writes Behind a Human Gate
• Two-Phase Writes From the Agent's Side: Dry Run, Then Commit
• A Commit Token That Carries the Plan: Fields and a TTL
• A Confirmation Token the Model Cannot Forge
• A Read-Only Rehearsal of a Write Tool Before It Fires
• Choosing Between JSON Schema and Pydantic for Agent Contracts
• Contract Tests for a Dry-Run Endpoint
• Designing Idempotency Keys for Agent Retries
• Idempotency Keys in Practice: A Design Checklist for Write Tools
• Idempotency Keys on the Undo: Proving It Ran Exactly Once
• Idempotent Writes Behind an Approval Gate: No Double Runs
• Write Tools: Idempotency Keys and the Double Refusal