How I approach the work
Agents built around a real job.
An agent is more than a prompt. It needs a clear task, relevant context, access to the right tools and a way for people to review its work. I help plan those parts together, then build the first version in the environment where it will be used.
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The working parts
The parts that make an agent usable
- Agent design
- Define the task, user, inputs, outputs and the decisions the agent can make.
- Instructions and skills
- Write the operating guidance, task steps and handoffs the agent needs.
- Tools and MCP
- Connect approved APIs, site search, content systems, calculators or MCP servers.
- Context and source material
- Choose the files, structured data and live information the agent can use.
- Review and permissions
- Set limits, approvals and a clear handoff when a person needs to make the call.
- Interfaces and harnesses
- Put the agent in a website, internal tool or agent harness where the work happens.
What I can build
Ways this work takes shape
- Internal agents
- Agents for repeatable research, content, support or operations work.
- Agent-backed website tools
- Focused tools that help a site visitor complete a specific task.
- MCP and API integrations
- Connections between an agent and the systems it needs to read from or act in.
- Content and publishing workflows
- Agent steps that support briefs, drafting, review, tagging or publishing.
- Prototypes and evaluations
- Working versions used to test the task, source material and tool choices before a larger build.
- Documentation and handoff
- Instructions for the team using, maintaining or extending the work.
From task to working system
How we build it
- 1. Map the taskStart with the work itself: who does it, what they need and what a useful result looks like.
- 2. Choose the componentsSelect the model, instructions, source material, tools, MCP connections and review points.
- 3. Build the first versionCreate the agent or tool around representative tasks and content.
- 4. Test the workRun it with real examples, inspect the outputs and adjust the parts that are not reliable enough.
- 5. Put it to workLaunch in the agreed environment and document how the workflow should be used and maintained.
Starting points
Common first projects
- Content assistant
- Drafts from approved source files and brand guidance.
- Support agent
- Answers product questions from structured source material and selected tools.
- Research tool
- Collects and organizes information for a defined brief.
- Workshop guide
- Takes a participant through a structured exercise.
Build an agent for a real task
Send the task, source material and systems involved. I’ll help define a useful first version.
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