Microsoft AgentRx: Systematic Debugging Framework for AI Agents — First Structured Approach to Agent Failure Analysis

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Microsoft Research published AgentRx, a systematic debugging framework for AI agents that provides structured tooling for diagnosing why agents fail in production. The framework introduces a taxonomy of agent failure modes and a step-by-step debugging methodology, addressing the gap between 'agent works in demo' and 'agent works in production.' As agent deployments scale, the lack of debugging infrastructure has been a consistent pain point — AgentRx is the first major structured approach from a frontier lab.