Designing social agents to act like the most wholesome coworker
marlene_zw · x · 2026-11-06
The author shares her agent design approach: model the agent on "the most helpful and wholesome coworker"—think before acting, speak only when adding value. Using Microsoft Decision 1, her agent makes judgment calls about when to join conversations without being tagged, what to post to general channels, and whether to escalate a notification.
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