AI Engineering/Phase 14/Lesson 32

The Minimal Agent Workbench

The smallest useful workbench is three files: a root instructions router, a state file, and a task board. Everything else is layered on top. If a repo cannot carry these three, no model will save it.

Build 45 min Python (stdlib)

Prerequisites: Phase 14 · 31 (Why Capable Models Still Fail)

#Learning Objectives

Define the three files that form the minimum viable workbench.
Explain why a short root router beats a long monolithic AGENTS.md.
Build a state file the agent can read at every turn and write at the end.
Build a task board that survives multi-session work without chat history.

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The text and code of this lesson are based on AI Engineering from Scratch by Rohit Ghumare, MIT licensed.