Learning path for applying AI at work

Choose the right approach: workflow or agent

3 lessons · ~15 min

Estimated reading time.

Overview

Compare AI-assisted work, fixed automation, workflows and agents on the same task. Define the assignment, permissions, limits and evidence before choosing what to keep, revise or test.

1
When does the work actually need an agent?
~6 min
Compare assisted work, fixed automation, workflows and agents on the same task, then choose based on evidence, cost and required control.
2
Assign an agent's task and stopping rules
~4 min
Define what an agent may decide or access, what it must never do, and who takes over when it stops.
3
Decide whether to test an agent or keep the workflow
~5 min
Use comparable evidence, explicit owners and stop conditions to decide whether to keep the current process, revise it or propose a bounded agent pilot.