How do you test that an agent updates the right record when names collide?
Summary
A practitioner discusses how to properly test AI agents that edit records when names collide, proposing state-based checks over tool-call success and asking whether to evaluate at the tool-selection level, the database level, or both, plus how to score correct clarification requests without encouraging unnecessary questions.
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