Why Your AI Agent Keeps Gaslighting You (And How to Fix It)

Description and use

AI agents often hallucinate, causing errors. Adding a post‑output verification layer reduces hallucinations from ~18% to <3%.

Problem

AI agents often fabricate information, leading users to trust incorrect outputs and causing system failures.

Outcome

Hallucination rate dropped from ~18% to under 3% with a free, model-agnostic, CPU-only verification layer.

Workflow

• 1. Agent generates output based on user prompt.
• 2. Verification layer analyzes the output for fabricated citations, invalid code, tool call hallucinations, and prompt coherence.
• 3. If verification fails, the output is corrected or flagged.
• 4. Corrected or verified output is presented to the user.

Evidence

Result: hallucination rate dropped from ~18% to under 3%.

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