ParaCrux

Available Deeper · 6 min

When the Agent stops or asks

Why a job stops, what each message means and what to do next. It stops rather than guess, and never retries a CAD step on its own.

Video in production

Until it is ready, this is the running order. Each step is also written out below, and you can try it in the simulator.

  1. It asks

    A brief with a missing height; the question back.

  2. Uncertain

    An action card marked uncertain; open its record and output folder.

  3. Limits

    Motion graphic: eight steps, £2, 16 tool calls.

  4. Abstain

    RouteDemo's Edit + drawing case on the How it decides page.

You need

  • You have run at least one Agent job

You'll come away with

  • Tell a refused request from an uncertain one
  • Know what to check before you continue
  • Know the limits that end a job

Step by step

  1. It asks when something is missing

    If a size, unit or requirement is missing or ambiguous, the Agent is told to ask rather than assume. Answer and send again.

  2. Rejected: nothing happened

    If a request fails its checks before any file or SOLIDWORKS call, it is recorded as failed and you can simply try again with corrected inputs.

  3. Uncertain: check before you continue

    If a CAD step may have had side effects, the job stops and says so. Open the action's record and the output folder, check what exists, and decide yourself. The Agent will not try another CAD action in that message.

  4. Limits end a job

    A job ends at eight steps or its £2 ceiling, and each message allows at most 16 tool calls. Send another message to continue.

  5. If the app closes mid-job

    On restart, anything that was running is marked uncertain. Check it as above; nothing is replayed.

Try it here.

Each message is quoted from the app. The situations that trigger them are examples. The routing frames are recorded benchmark answers from a layer that runs in shadow mode.

Solidworks Agent · design conversation simulated · step 1 of 5

  1. YOUOpen an existing part, make the lower hole 5 mm bigger in diameter, then produce a standard ISO drawing with a section view.

    Route (shadow mode)

    Leaning
    unsupported
    Confidence
    0.64, 0.54
    Floor
    0.80
    Result
    Abstained: you decide

    A recorded benchmark case. Below the floor, the routing layer abstains instead of choosing.

    Recorded from a real run

What it won't do

  • An uncertain step may still have used credit; its hold is kept until usage is known.
  • The routing layer shown here runs in shadow mode. It records its choice but does not steer the Agent yet.

If you see a message

Covers: Job limits, Typed request routing. See the full index