Step-by-Step Guide to Hiring Your First AI Agent
Seven steps from queue selection to production Ask — checklist you can run this month.
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Seven steps: pick queue → baseline metric → choose build/buy → connect read-only → shadow drafts → enable Ask → eval + expand.
Key points
- Document procedure (even rough)
- Pick Keeper approver
- Run 2-week pilot
- Review failures weekly
Checklist
- [ ] Queue + metric
- [ ] Vendor/platform selected
- [ ] Connectors read-only
- [ ] 20 eval cases
- [ ] Ask on writes
- [ ] Hypercare scheduled
- [ ] Retro at day 30
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