Start With a Job, Not an Agent
The first question should not be: “What can we get this agent to do?”
The first question should be: “What job are we designing?”
That job needs a defined outcome. It needs clear authority. It needs boundaries. It needs an owner. It needs evidence that proves the work was completed correctly.
A general-purpose agent with broad access is not a job design. It is an unbounded capability waiting for an unfortunate interpretation.
Until those questions are answered, the organization does not have an agent worker. It has an experiment.
Bound the Assignment
A well-managed employee does not receive unlimited authority every time a task is assigned.
Neither should an agent.
Every meaningful assignment should define a bounded work envelope.
This is not micromanagement. It is executable management.
Inside that contract, the agent can work. Outside it, the agent must stop.