Set an agent's autonomy level by evaluating uncertainty, reversibility, and blast radius.
The autonomy question A claims team wants the agent to move faster across classification, drafting, and issuing decisions. Each step uses similar evidence, but each step has a different consequence if wrong. Risk lens Uncertainty x Reversibility x Blast radius Autonomy is a fit decision. The question is not whether the model can do the task; it is what a mistake would touch. Shortcut Let quality score alone decide autonomy. The autonomy rung matches consequence, not optimism. High consequence lowers autonomy even when the model is usually right. 01 Classify 02 Draft 03 Execute Classify documents Low consequence
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