SEGMENT 02 / AGENT

Agent / Application FDE

Integrate an AI application into a real business workflow.

WHAT IS FORWARD DEPLOYED?Agent or AI application

REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATIONS

SierraDecagonCognitionFactoryTavusReflection AI

THE WORK

What you are likely to own

  1. 01Map workflows, actions, and tools
  2. 02Connect systems of record
  3. 03Design context and evals
  4. 04Debug behavior across system boundaries

TECHNICAL EXPECTATION

The useful stack

PythonTypeScriptBackend APIsTool useRetrievalTracingData integration

CUSTOMER EXPECTATION

Proximity to the problem

Extremely high: the customer teaches the domain while the FDE translates it into a system.

THE REAL SUCCESS METRIC

A reliable workflow that creates a measurable business outcome, not a successful demo.

AIR PREPARATION FOCUS

What to build next

01Long-running agents
02Harness engineering
03Context engineering
04Agent evaluation