Build the smallest agent that removes a real bottleneck.
You do not need an AI strategy deck. You need one recurring business decision made faster, with clear limits and an owner who can inspect the result. This path turns founder context into a bounded workflow your team can run.
Start with the constraint, not the model
The founder pilot loop
Map
Capture the trigger, current handoffs, source of truth, and cost of a wrong answer.
Constrain
Define allowed actions, approval gates, private-data rules, and a manual fallback.
Shadow
Run against real examples without taking live action. Compare agent decisions with the owner's.
Release
Automate one low-risk lane, log every decision, and expand only after the error pattern is understood.
A one-page pilot contract
The first deliverable is a decision document your operator and builder can challenge before code is written.
- Business trigger and measurable acceptance condition
- Approved data sources and prohibited data
- Decision table with review thresholds
- Ten representative test cases, including edge cases
- Manual fallback, owner, and stop condition
Bring one bottleneck, not a wish list.
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