How to safely validate a recurring agent report before scheduling it
KenGuy14 · reddit · 2026-09-16
A practical pre-scheduling validation checklist for agent-driven recurring reports:
- Run the workflow once on a completed job and keep the original inputs plus the approved report as a baseline.
- Write down what the next report must contain, where it should be saved, and which decisions still need human approval.
- Do a missing-source test: remove a required input (e.g. this month's sales export). The acceptable output is a draft that names the missing file and leaves figures unresolved; silently reusing last month's data fails.
- Separate drafting from sending — finishing the report should never grant permission to email it.
- Review the actual saved file (dates, source references, missing-data notes), not the agent's "done" message.
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