The agent-first approach to building products

Short summary

Rethink product design by treating agents as primary users and humans as overseeing managers. Agents are patient, verbose, and require flexible APIs and textual interfaces—not the human-first design patterns currently standard. This mindset shift is essential as agents become the initial contact point with your product.

• •Design for agents first, not humans; agents will be your primary users and decision-makers
• •Model interaction as human=manager, agent=employee; balance autonomy with human oversight
• •Build flexible, data-rich APIs designed for agent composition, not simplified UIs optimized for human convenience

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