Define the job
Agree on the goal, input requirements, permitted actions and successful completion.
Give a focused assistant a clear role and a bounded set of tools. Help users complete useful tasks while preserving visibility into what the assistant can and cannot do.
Agree on the goal, input requirements, permitted actions and successful completion.
Provide controlled access to the systems and knowledge the task needs.
Test realistic requests, incomplete inputs, tool failures and escalation paths.
Only where that behaviour is explicitly designed and permitted. Consequential actions can require a human approval checkpoint.
An agent can use tools to carry out a bounded task. A conversational interface alone does not provide that capability.