Dev onboards new hire with a dedicated agent: 'you can just ask agents to do things'
shakoistsLog · x · 2026-10-05
The author onboarded a new colleague using a dedicated agent — "I just asked my agent to do it," e.g. "make a Slack with the new hire and help him get set up." His takeaway: asking agents to handle real tasks works, but most people struggle to take this approach to its limit.
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