Volume III companion · 4 free printable pages

Two illustrated pages from the Agent Operations Field Kit, the free companion to Volume III.
A preflight checklist. Runtime monsters. An agent run you can operate.

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Agent Operations Field Kit

Get the free Volume III cheat sheet and join Tim’s newsletter. Four illustrated pages for checking an agent’s permissions, budgets, evidence, and recovery plan before it gets to work.

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Inside your four-page field kit

  1. 01

    Check before launch.

    Twelve checks for permissions, budgets, evidence, and recovery.

  2. 02

    Watch the runtime.

    Four runtime monsters and the countermoves that contain them.

  3. 03

    Staff the controls.

    Operator roles and questions for keeping an agent run accountable.

  4. 04

    Rehearse the response.

    A 15-minute exercise and a writable plan for the next agent run.

The AI Developer's Field Guide: Volume III: The Agentic Workforce

Keep going with Volume III

The field kit is a start.
The book goes deeper.

Go from one preflight check to an operable fleet. Volume III explores operator roles, agents gone sideways, runtime monsters, and the countermoves that keep autonomy accountable.