Demo · Guided walkthrough

Incrementally specified agents

Five steps from Ben-bot to deleted. State stays in this session — nothing is saved.

Read the talk

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Wrong layer
02

Decompose
03

Define
04

Narrow
05

Become code

01Wrong layer

Meet Ben-bot.

One agent scoped to a human. Unbounded tools, empty checks, a target you cannot review.

This is the snowball. Next you will pull it apart.

Agent definition · monolith

agent:    ben
purpose:  Do Ben's job — security, GRC, reviews, nudges, and whatever else shows up.
inputs:   (*)
outputs:  (*)
target:   Keep the company safe and the deals moving
scope:    everything Ben touches
tools:    repo:read, repo:write, linear:read, linear:write, slack:write, email:write, okta:admin, browser:act
checks:   (none)

scope: everything
checks: none
tools: 8