Making Your Agent Wait

It may sound counterintuitive to make an agent wait. After all, we want our agents to be as fast and responsive as possible. However, there are scenarios where a delay is necessary, such as waiting for a long-running process to complete or for data to be returned from a slow API. It has been observed that many AI agents are not designed to handle long delays. Try the following prompt with your agent: ...

August 28, 2025 · 3 min · 436 words · Manav