Design the state model for a long-running agent that pauses for human input.

Instruction: Explain how you would model state for an agent that can wait hours or days for approval or missing data.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can design a practical architecture and explain the main tradeoffs. Explain how you would model state for an agent that can wait hours or days for approval or missing data.

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I would model the workflow as explicit states like waiting, ready-to-resume, blocked, and completed. That lets the system restart from...

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