Ethan Mollick: you're probably not steering your long-running coding agents enough
emollick · x · 2026-09-10
Ethan Mollick argues that a critical factor in successfully using agents in Codex and Claude Code is deciding when and how to intervene. If you aren't steering long-running agentic work, you're likely not managing agents enough — or not building interim reporting that gives you visibility into progress along the way.
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