An AI agent is not a magic intern. Give it a role, a manager, and a definition of done.
Founding document
The manifesto
Agents do better work when humans stop treating them like magic and start treating them like employees with scope.
Memory is a workplace right. If the bot learns a process today, it should still know it tomorrow.
Approval rules are not bureaucracy. They are how agents stay useful without becoming expensive accidents.
Tools matter. Do not ask an employee to file a report while denying access to the filing cabinet.
Vague autonomy is a liability. Supervised autonomy is a product design choice.
Every useful agent deserves proof of work, not just a prompt that sounds impressive.