The useful AI agent notices the workflow about to fail, not just waits for prompts
Few-Garlic2725 · reddit · 2026-11-15
The author argues the valuable AI agent isn't one waiting for user prompts but one that detects workflow failures before they hit customers — e.g., noticing a missing calendar permission before meetings break. A basic agent schedules; a better one spots the blocker early, identifies the permission owner, explains what's missing and escalates. They note agent interfaces are getting easy to build, but deciding which failure the agent should prevent — and how to validate that before building — remains the hard part.
More from coding & agent
- Matt Turck mocks agentic overkill: 12-step workflow to auto-send one email — mattturck · 2026-11-15
- Dev argues sidebar-plus-agent-list UI is insufficient for multi-machine agent orchestration — kevinkern · 2026-11-15
- Screenshot leaks Antigravity model list: Gemini 4 Argon, Hydrogen, and Orchestrator — Smart-Knee-5596 · 2026-11-15
- Dev builds a full Git Tag manager UI with Copilot Canvas in VS Code — mariorod1 · 2026-11-15
- A playable tank game built with Claude Code: Opus plans, parallel Sonnets code in worktrees — IamHuggos · 2026-11-15
- AskEditor embeds a hand-editable video timeline inside Claude via MCP — MrxAnomynous · 2026-11-15