Yadnesh Salvi

Story · Andrew Qu (Vercel)

How We Solved Agent Building (Andrew Qu (Vercel))

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Three machines in a row, each simpler than the last: a bolted stack of sheets wrapped in wires, then three small boxes joined by arrows, then one plain box resting on an open filing drawer. A vertical bar stands above each; the right-hand bar is twice the height of the others.

Vercel's data science agent went from one mega prompt to narrowly scoped agents to a single agent managing its own state. The unlock wasn't a clever tool set: a sandbox with a plain file system and bash doubled the eval score.

In plain words

  • Vercel rebuilt an artificial intelligence assistant that answers staff questions about customers and products.
  • The assistant reads files and runs basic computer commands inside an isolated workspace.
  • That change doubled its score on the team's tests.
  • The aim is to help staff get answers without interrupting the data team for every question.

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