Managing agents like the infamous "plz deal" VP: dump context, give minimal direction
curious_vii · x · 2026-11-10
The author recalls a VP infamous for forwarding huge, high-context email threads to reports with just "plz deal" on top — and realizing that's increasingly how they treat AI agents: screenshot messages and emails, toss them into a thread with a bit of direction, and let the agent handle it. It works surprisingly well.
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