# The agentic future with Temporal: A fireside chat

DevFeed: [The agentic future with Temporal: A fireside chat](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-agentic-future-with-temporal-a-fireside-chat-36056.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/the-agentic-future-with-temporal-a-fireside-chat>)

Author: Jeroen Vollenbrock

Published: 2025-09-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reliability.md>)

Tags: [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [guardrails](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guardrails.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [manager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manager.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

A fireside chat among Temporal, Essent, and Navara examines the practical challenges of building agentic AI systems. It discusses testing unpredictable outputs with evaluations and guardrails, deciding which tasks should use LLMs versus deterministic code, and limiting agent actions to improve control and reliability.

## Source excerpt

Key takeaways on agentic AI: testing unpredictable systems, hybrid workflows with Temporal, context engineering, cost tradeoffs, and practical next steps.