Scaffolding

Scaffolding is a development technique for AI agents that uses structured templates and specifications to increase the reliability and predictability of agent behavior. Unlike free-form prompts, scaffolding provides explicit structure for inputs, processing steps, and outputs. This reduces hallucinations, improves reproducibility, and enables verification gates between steps. Scaffolding is a core principle of the GSD Framework and is used in production environments to reliably ship AI agents.