Checking the work
How to trust what an agent hands you, without redoing it yourself.
Ask for proof, not promises
- Starting outTry saying
How do you know this is right? Show me.
- Starting out
For facts, ask for sources with links, and open one or two. Agents can state wrong things with confidence.
- Everyday
For anything that can be tested, ask it to test: run the numbers twice another way, open the file it made, try the link, compare totals with the original.
A second opinion
- Everyday
For anything important, have a helper from the other model family review it. It costs a minute and catches mistakes the first model cannot see.
- Often missedTry saying
Assume there is at least one mistake in this. Find it.
You own the result
- Starting out
Read anything before it goes to a client, a colleague or a decision. The agent is fast; you are the judgment.
- Everyday
Check in proportion to the stakes. A draft email needs a read; a figure in a contract needs the source.