I Gave an Agent a Goal, and Its Most Useful Decision Was to Pause the Product
Icy-Development5445 · reddit · 2026-11-01
Instead of asking an agent team to build an app, the author gave a broad goal: genuinely help an underserved group. Exploring accessible PDF forms, the CEO agent's most valuable output was a decision — pause development, keep comparison candidates, but declare neither validation nor disproof, because key questions (alternatives' effectiveness, task frequency, screen-reader compatibility, switching willingness) remained unanswered. The author reflects on drawing the boundary between agent autonomy and human decisions.
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