AI Agent Tool Calling in TypeScript: Guardrails Against Runaway Loops
How to Add Guardrails to a TypeScript AI Agent Tool-Calling Loop Table of Contents The $2,000 Runaway Agent Loop How Agent Tool-Calling Loops Work (and Where They Break) Setting Up the Project and Defining Zod-Typed Tools Guardrail 1: Bounded Retries per Tool Guardrail 2: Execution Timeout Guardrail 3: Best-Effort Token Budget Guard Guardrail 4: Application-Side Fallback to Draft State Putting It All Together: The Complete Guarded Agent Loop Testing Your Guardrails What Comes Next How to Add Gua...
How to Add Guardrails to a TypeScript AI Agent Tool-Calling Loop Table of Contents The $2,000 Runaway Agent Loop How Agent Tool-Calling Loops Work (and Where They Break) Setting Up the Project and Defining Zod-Typed Tools Guardrail 1: Bounded Retries per Tool Guardrail 2: Execution Timeout Guardrail 3: Best-Effort Token Budget Guard Guardrail 4: Application-Side Fallback to Draft State Putting It All Together: The Complete Guarded Agent Loop Testing Your Guardrails What Comes Next How to Add Gua...