Agent Tip: Sharing Personal Context Like Sleep Patterns Improves Overnight Autonomy
menhguin · x · 2026-09-07
A hands-on discussion on long-horizon agent autonomy: menhguin shares that talking to agents about random life preferences (e.g. his sleep patterns) helps them calibrate effort better on overnight runs and make more autonomous decisions. He also argues long-horizon autonomy leans on getting agents to "yes and" — a constructive vibe that especially helps multi-agent setups.
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