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Resources

Books and videos that pair with the site’s articles and patterns.

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Videos

Short walkthroughs and longer deep dives, paired with the articles and diagrams.

Intro to Tactus

4 min

What Tactus is, why tool-using agents need guardrails, and how the runtime helps.

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Why a New Language?

7 min

The evolution of programming paradigms and why Tactus was created for the age of AI agents.

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Guardrails for Agent Autonomy

Why constraints enable autonomy: staged tools, human gates, and a secretless broker boundary (so there’s nothing in the runtime to steal).

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The Tactus Book Series

Three complementary books: learn the patterns, dive into the reference, or keep the cheat sheet on your desk.

Learning Tactus

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A coherent introduction: the why, the mental model, and the core patterns.

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Programming Tactus

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The reference: a deeper and broader tour of the language.

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Tactus in a Nutshell

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A quick reference for when you’re writing and debugging.

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