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How do I run a small AI agent pilot?

Choose one bounded task with a result someone can verify. Limit the data and tools, specify when the agent must stop, and test ordinary cases alongside missing information and tool failures. Expand access only after reviewing observed results.

By Superpowers by Waymaker · Reviewed October 7, 2026

A real-work example

An agent drafts a weekly project summary from a test workspace. It can read selected records and produce a draft; a person approves any message or issue update.

Try this next

  1. Name the owner, goal and acceptance criteria. Define the starting inputs and the exact deliverable.
  2. List allowed reads and writes separately. Start with a test account and a narrow source set; do not give access simply because a connector offers it.
  3. Set a time or usage budget, an action limit and explicit stop conditions for missing context, repeated failure or unclear authority.
  4. Try ordinary, ambiguous, duplicate and unavailable-tool cases. Inspect the execution record and the final result.
  5. Keep a person at consequential handoffs. Record failures, recovery steps and the evidence needed before expanding the pilot.

Put it into practice

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