Intent Detection: Solving Ambiguous User Queries

Reliability · updated Mon Feb 23

Tactics for handling vague inputs without making incorrect agentic guesses.

Steps

  1. Define ambiguity thresholds for reasoning.
  2. Ask clarifying questions when confidence is low.
  3. Offer multiple-choice clarification options.
  4. Log guessing vs. certain turns.
  5. Classify intent before tool selection.

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