Advanced Agents From First Principles — Working Ledger
Book intention
Extend the first-principles agent model into the harder engineering problems that appear once agents become long-running, stateful, orchestrated, evaluated, and operational.
Book state: NOT REVIEWED
Review ladder: UNREVIEWED → STRUCTURE OK → CONTENT OK → PROSE OK → DONE
Bootstrap note
This book currently contains 46 chapter files (00–45). In this first editorial-state pass, every chapter is registered below so none can disappear from the review queue. Titles and chapter jobs have not been guessed from filenames; — means “verify from the chapter front matter when first opened.” Once this book becomes active, populate those cells as part of the first pass.
Chapter ledger
| # | File | Canonical title | Status | Job / durable notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | 00-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 01 | 01-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 02 | 02-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 03 | 03-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 04 | 04-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 05 | 05-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 06 | 06-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 07 | 07-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 08 | 08-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 09 | 09-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 10 | 10-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 11 | 11-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 12 | 12-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 13 | 13-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 14 | 14-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 15 | 15-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 16 | 16-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 17 | 17-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 18 | 18-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 19 | 19-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 20 | 20-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 21 | 21-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 22 | 22-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 23 | 23-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 24 | 24-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 25 | 25-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 26 | 26-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 27 | 27-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 28 | 28-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 29 | 29-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 30 | 30-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 31 | 31-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 32 | 32-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 33 | 33-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 34 | 34-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 35 | 35-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 36 | 36-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 37 | 37-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 38 | 38-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 39 | 39-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 40 | 40-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 41 | 41-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 42 | 42-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 43 | 43-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 44 | 44-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
| 45 | 45-chapter.md | — | UNREVIEWED | Verify title and role on first review. |
Book-level questions to resolve during review
- Where does this book genuinely begin beyond the scope of Agents From First Principles?
- Are 46 chapters all earning distinct places, or are some better merged, reordered, or moved?
- Does the sequence build increasingly capable/reliable systems, or alternate between unrelated production concerns?
- Which chapters are conceptual mechanisms, which are engineering practices, and which are operational safeguards?
- Is there a clear final capability or synthesis that the whole book is building toward?
Current next action
This is not the active book. When it becomes active, start at 00-chapter.md, verify its canonical title and intended role, and replace the corresponding — cells as part of that review.