1
4 Comments

I 'agent-washed' my own AI build. Whats your checklist to avoid this?

https://gasagasa.substack.com/p/how-i-accidentally-agent-washed-my

I worked on an agent that now seems to be an automation with an LLM step.

submitted this linkon March 24, 2026
  1. 2

    Make recovery from you steps fail is first attention or attempt in learning

  2. 2

    Great question. My litmus test: can your AI actually take multi-step actions autonomously, or does it just answer questions? If it needs a human in the loop for every decision, it's a chatbot with extra steps. Real agents need tool use, memory across sessions, and the ability to fail and retry on their own. I've been building with Claude + autonomous loops and the difference is night and day vs wrapper-style 'agents'.

    1. 1

      Rightly said. What agent are you building? Any learnings you can share from your process would be appreciated!