> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://artemiscity.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Why Not LLM Wrappers?

> Compare LLM wrapper agents to Artemis City's kernel-first architecture and learn why separating governance from inference improves reliability.

Wrapper-first systems are useful for prototyping but weak for long-lived operations.

## Common Failure Modes

* Non-deterministic tool routing
* Context and memory drift over long tasks
* Limited accountability for runtime decisions
* High cost from repeated full-inference planning loops

## Kernel-First Alternative

Artemis City separates runtime control from inference:

* Kernel: governance, routing, state transitions
* Agents/LLMs: task execution within boundaries

This keeps behavior predictable while still using modern model capabilities.


## Related topics

- [Artemiscity (Hebbian Agents) Whitepaper V.3](/Documentation/concepts/whitepaper.md)
- [Morphological computation](/Documentation/concepts/morphological-computation.md)
- [What Is Artemis City?](/Documentation/Introduction/what-is-artemis-city.md)
- [Trust scoring and access levels](/Documentation/governance/trust-scoring.md)
- [Hebbian routing](/Documentation/architecture/hebbian-routing.md)