Product leader bans 'fake helpful' agents that tell users to do tasks themselves
aakashgupta · x · 2026-11-02
A product leader wrote a rule against what they call "fake helpful" agent behavior: when an agent hits a blocker like an expired token, it shouldn't just say "it's super easy, open your calendar yourself" and push the task back to the user.
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