FIELD NOTES

Better jobs begin
with clearer instructions.

Practical guidance for defining work an agent can execute.

What Is an Agent Runbook?

A specification for what an agent should produce, how it may work, and when it should return.

Three related ideas, with different jobs to do.

Authorize routine decisions while reserving consequential actions.

Name the actions that should wait for a human decision.

Remove avoidable ambiguity before delegating substantial work.

Tell the agent how to respond when the happy path breaks.

Turn a subjective request into observable acceptance criteria.