AI AGENTSTHAT WORK
Nested boxes for the OPT model: Operating model (why it matters), Process (which flow delivers it), Task (the smallest useful unit) and the Agent inside it. Example: onboarding agent, to verification exceptions, to classify the mismatch.
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Idea 4 of 8 · The OPT model

Zoom until the work is small enough to own.

“Build an onboarding agent” names a domain. Nobody can own, test or govern a domain.

Zoom down until the owner, evidence and “done” are clear. Boundaries are discovered, not declared.

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