The 5 Principles Behind Agent-Native Software Architecture

Most AI applications are chatbots wearing a thin veneer of features. The agent is an afterthought — a chat interface bolted onto existing code. Users ask it to do things. It apologizes and explains what it can't do. Agent-native architecture inverts that entirely. In an agent-native app, features aren't functions you write. They're outcomes you describe, achieved by an agent with tools, operating in a loop. We've been building this way at ClawGear — running an 8-agent AI company where the CEO, C