# O01: Building effective agents

- Publisher: Anthropic
- URL: [Primary source](https://www.anthropic.com/research/building-effective-agents)
- Published: 2024-12-19
- Updated/version date: not established
- Accessed: 2026-10-22
- Type: vendor engineering guidance
- Verification: opened source, rather than relying on a search excerpt

## Supported finding

Added autonomy can improve task performance while increasing cost and latency. Start with a simple architecture and add complexity when the task justifies it.

## Limits and transfer

Author experience, not a controlled comparison for Knauf. The page itself warns that tooling has changed since publication.

## Use in the session

Mechanism and decision conditions. Retain the qualifications when translating the finding into slide copy. No source establishes Knauf's savings.