Do Not Rush an AI Agent Pilot: Choose a Reversible Workflow
Do not hand the first AI-agent pilot to the messiest workflow. Industry signals point to the same rule: start where operation logs and rollback are possible.
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AI Agent— How we build AI systems, product by product.
The first AI agent pilot should start with a reviewable workflow
OpenAI’s Codex tax-agent case, Anthropic’s user research and IBM’s agent framing all point to one operating decision: start with a workflow where sources, review and repair can be seen.
Microsoft Build 2026’s signal: enterprise agents need control before scale
Microsoft put ASSERT, the Agent Control Specification, and Agent 365 on the same track. The message for teams is simple: do not just swap models; make every agent action testable, traceable, reviewable, and reversible.