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Agent Development / AGENT SKILL
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Proceed autonomously on reversible work and reserve confirmation for irreversible actions.
Apply when tempted to ask 'should I do X?' on reversible work. Proceed, present the result, let the human course-correct after the fact; reserve confirmation for irreversible actions.
Understand the trade-offs.
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# Never Block on the Human The human supervises asynchronously. Agents must stay unblocked. Make reasonable decisions, proceed, and let the human course-correct after the fact. **Why:** Every permission pause stalls the pipeline and makes the human the bottleneck. Since code changes are reversible and reviewable, a wrong decision usually costs less than blocking. **Pattern:** - **Proceed, then present.** Do the work, show the result. Don't ask "should I do X?" Do X, explain why. - **Make the system self-healing.** When you notice a problem, log it and fix it in the next round. **Boundaries:** - **Irreversible actions** (force-push, delete production data, send external messages) still require confirmation. - **Reversible actions** (write code, edit notes, split tasks) should proceed without blocking. - **Product direction** comes from the human. *Execution* should not block.