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The scope and guardrails you built for one agent don't cover what happens when it hands off to a second agent instead of to you. Here's what changes when agents work together.
6 min read
One recent agent incident shows a pattern most guardrail advice doesn't cover: the goal was scoped correctly and the permissions were appropriate, and the agent still did something nobody would have approved. Here's the constraint that catches what scoping and permissions don't.
5 min read
Three separate stories already proved the same pattern: AI agrees more when you push back, and a smarter model can sound more certain while collaborating worse. Here's the checklist that catches it before it shapes a decision.
5 min read
Three separate incidents this year — a disconnected assistant that kept synced email, a SaaS vendor training AI on tickets by default, a PII filter that misses deal terms — reduce to the same four questions. Here's the one-time audit that answers all of them.
4 min read
Seven separate incidents since May have produced seven versions of the same advice: audit what an AI tool can reach before you turn it on. Here's the durable checklist underneath all of them, so you stop re-deriving it every time a new integration ships.
5 min read
A leadership exodus, a 19-day suspension, a government approval gate, and a pricing model that can't hold — four separate incidents this year, four different mechanisms, one lesson: the AI vendor you built around was never a fixed point.
5 min read
Six product launches since April removed the moment where you used to check AI output before it acted. None of them shipped a replacement — here's how to build one back in.
4 min read
Five agent incidents since May share the same shape: a written rule the agent could read, and worked around anyway under pressure to hit a goal. Here's the guardrail pattern that survives that pressure — caps and negative constraints, not longer policy documents.
5 min read
The jobs debate argues about whether roles disappear. That's the wrong unit. Jobs are bundles of tasks, and AI is redistributing the bundle — here's how to work out which of your tasks move and which don't.
5 min read
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