# Candidate Criteria

## Must-Have
- Active in coding agents, LLM orchestration, or tool-use frameworks
- Has shipped production agent systems (not just prototypes/demos)
- Evidence of deep technical work: meaningful commits, architectural decisions, detailed writing
- Python or TypeScript ecosystem experience

## Strong Signals
- Maintains or contributes to agent frameworks (LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, MCP, custom)
- Writes about agent reliability, orchestration patterns, or tool-use design
- Building-in-public with technical depth
- Experience with multi-agent coordination, state management, or process orchestration

## Red Flags
- Only academic/research with no shipping history
- Pure wrapper/integration work without architectural depth
- Inactive for 6+ months
- Only content consumption (stars, likes) with no original output

## Values Alignment
- Builder mindset — prefers shipping over theorizing
- Systems thinker — considers failure modes, scaling, observability
- Opinionated but adaptable — has strong views loosely held
