CCA-F: Claude Certified Architect — Foundations

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Production logs indicate that, when the agent manages complex billing disputes requiring 6+ tool calls, it sometimes reaches its max_turns limit after collecting data but before resolving the issue or escalating it. The team wants to guarantee that every customer interaction ends in either a completed resolution or a human handoff, regardless of how the agent loop ends. Which approach provides this guarantee?

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A deterministic orchestration-layer terminal-state check can handle both normal and exceptional loop endings. When no completed resolution or prior escalation is recorded, it can programmatically create a human handoff with the collected conversation context and tool results. Exceeding an agent run’s max_turns limit raises a MaxTurnsExceeded exception, so prompt-based behavior or a separate agent turn budget alone cannot ensure the required terminal outcome.

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