Essay · October 2026
Automations a person can pause
Before I let a workflow carry real work, I want three things in it. A memory of what it already did. A fallback when a step fails. A review where I can stop it.
I build those pauses on purpose. An agent can prepare the next repair request, the next grant date, the next field note. Then it waits. If I am not there, the work sits. That is the design, not a failure.
The point of the studio is not to disappear from the loop. The point is to make the loop light enough that I can still see it, open it, and correct it. Agents draft and sort. I decide.