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 rather than as a long conversation transcript. The state should include current objective, completed steps, pending decisions, outstanding approvals, tool artifacts, and the conditions required to resume.
The paused state is especially important. I want the system to know exactly what...
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