What is Scaffolding?
Structure added around a model to cover its current weaknesses, like forced step-by-step chains, extra parsers or rigid templates. It helps today's model and can hold back the next one, so plan its removal from day one.
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Once the new model handled multi-step refunds on its own, the team deleted the five-step scaffolding and the feature got faster with no drop in eval scores.
In the illustration
Timber centering holds the stone arch while it cannot stand alone. The keystone drops in, the arch takes its own weight, and the centering is lowered away.
Audit our scaffolding in your model: list every step chain, parser and template we added for model weaknesses, and mark which to remove once the next model passes our evals.
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