Wrote a guide just for you! ;-)

https://jido.run/docs/getting-started/new-to-elixir

Not sure if this will surprise you - but I 100% agree with this. I went through the journey that many others did - implementing the loop, then trying to make it useful, realizing the limitations, etc.

I came to similar conclusions - what does valuable agentic software look like? It's not OpenClaw (yet)

The game theory then, in my opinion, is to focus on the knowable frontier - implement tools we can trust - and continue working and sharing that work.

I am holding onto the optimistic case - valuable use cases beyond coding agents will emerge.

Thank you!!!

I don't have a good answer - I've seen a lot of agent deployments but the space is evolving quickly and it's difficult to meaningfully discuss patterns.

This will be solved - and I hope that Jido can be a meaningful participant in that wider conversation.

Lots of output validation support!

Actions can enforce an output schema: https://hexdocs.pm/jido_action/schemas-validation.html#outpu...

Agents can as well - but it can be implemented a few different ways.