Feed errors back to the agent for self-correction
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Jul 26, 2026
Feed errors back to the agent for self-correction A technique to improve agent reliability by returning errors as feedback for self-correction instead of crashing.
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Hand back the error. When a tool call fails, don't hard-crash. Feed the error back as the result: 'did you mean /src/api.ts?' Then let the agent fix itself on the next try. Increases task success by 15-30%.
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