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API.market founder suggests small API workflows for agent testing

Shashank Agarwal, founder of Noveum AI and creator of API.market, suggests using a small API workflow as an initial test for agent integration. He advises starting with a bounded task that has a clear operation, controlled input, and verifiable output, emphasizing the importance of defining failure behavior before execution. Agarwal recommends adding further operations only after their input, cost, and outcome contracts are independently reviewed, and stresses keeping raw and normalized artifacts distinct to avoid misattributing errors. AI

IMPACT Provides a practical methodology for developers to test and integrate AI agent workflows, focusing on manageable steps and clear outcomes.

RANK_REASON The item discusses a specific methodology for testing AI agent workflows using API integrations, which falls under tooling or product development rather than a core AI release or research.

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API.market founder suggests small API workflows for agent testing

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Shashank Agarwal ·

    Use a Small API Workflow as the First Agent Test

    <p>A long tool chain can fail in many places before the team understands the first integration. A small workflow makes the outcome easier to inspect.</p> <p><strong>Quick answer:</strong> Choose a bounded task with one main operation, a controlled or permitted input and a checkab…