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Retrospective edition / AGENTIC

Mix server and client tools with one controller

The controller distinguishes automatically executed server tools from client functions that pause for authenticated application work.

01 / DECIDE

Architecture decision

Use it when research requires search, code, collections, and a private application action in one bounded loop.

The controller distinguishes automatically executed server tools from client functions that pause for authenticated application work. Map input, output, state, tools, and side effects as one observable path, then name the owner of mix server and client tools with one controller.

02 / OPERATE

Three-step field procedure

  1. 01

    Lock the contract

    Write down the caller, data classification, success condition, timeout, cancellation, and ownership. Use it when research requires search, code, collections, and a private application action in one bounded loop.

  2. 02

    Run one bounded path

    Build one end-to-end path with correlation, typed state, and reversible failure handling. The controller distinguishes automatically executed server tools from client functions that pause for authenticated application work.

  3. 03

    Verify the signal

    Turn acceptance into a repeatable fixture, contract test, or browser test. Traces prove tool order, result ownership, citations, approvals, and terminal outcomes.

03 / BOUND

Operational boundary

One loop owner controls retries, approvals, stop conditions, and writes; tool descriptions never grant authority.

04 / PROVE

Acceptance evidence

Traces prove tool order, result ownership, citations, approvals, and terminal outcomes.

SOURCE / HTTP

Reproducible source probe

curl -fsSI 'https://docs.x.ai/developers/tools/advanced-usage' | sed -n '1,5p'