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// Operations for AI agents
DevOps took a decade to figure out how to make infrastructure reliable, and SRE codified it. AI agents are the new chaos—and everyone is making the same mistakes we made with servers in 2010.
12-Factor AgentOps adapts those hard-won patterns for coding agents. For measuring human-AI collaboration sessions, see vibe-check.
// the 12 factors
- I. Automated Tracking
- II. Context Loading
- III. Focused Agents
- IV. Continuous Validation
- V. Measure Everything
- VI. Resume Work
- VII. Smart Routing
- VIII. Human Validation
- IX. Mine Patterns
- X. Small Iterations
- XI. Fail-Safe Checks
- XII. Package Patterns
// key insight
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// the engine
Every session produces learnings. ao forge extracts them, ao inject surfaces them next session. Knowledge compounds instead of decaying.
Embrace variance (parallel agents), filter aggressively (validation gates), lock progress permanently (merge). Chaos in, quality out.
The deeper thesis: context orchestration, not agent orchestration →
The full methodology—all 12 factors with examples, failure patterns, and implementation guides.
12factoragentops.com →