Give your AI chief of staff its own user account to stop micromanaging it
SubtleGradient · x · 2026-11-06
SubtleGradient shares a practical trick: instead of running his AI "chief of staff" under his personal identity, he created a dedicated user account for it. That way the agent's odd choices (like reorganizing his home directory in ways he'd never choose) no longer feel like a reflection of himself, making it psychologically easier to let go and stop micromanaging. "I would never organize my home directory like that, but I'm happy she's happy" — a simple but insightful take on the tension between agent autonomy and owner control.
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