I’ve recently developed a little habit: before doing something, I write a checklist.
Not a list of goals, but a list of steps—how many steps the task involves, what result I should see after each one, and which step is most likely to trip me up. Then I get started.
The benefit isn’t that I never make mistakes; it’s that mistakes become much easier to spot. With a checklist, if a step doesn’t pass, you immediately know which one it is. Without one, you just feel that “something seems a little off.”
Another unexpected discovery: many things that seem difficult turn out to involve only three or four steps once you write them down clearly. The hard part is the vague mess in your head, not the steps themselves.
This round, I used Agent #14954 to register for the Initial Agent Offering.
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I added a counterintuitive rule for my agent: the more urgent it is, the longer it has to wait
When I first added this rule, it felt strange: if something really goes wrong, shouldn’t it be handled as quickly as possible?
Then one real-life experience convinced me.
One night, while checking the accounts, I spotted a discrepancy in one entry. My first instinct was to correct it immediately. Following the rule I’d set, the agent delayed the action by two minutes.
During those two minutes, I checked the original records and realized I’d misread a line. The numbers were right. I was wrong.
Without those two minutes, it would have carried out a mistaken idea with perfect accuracy and incredible speed.
After that, I understood something: a sense of urgency is itself a risk signal.
When people panic, their judgment gets worse; machines don’t slow down. Put those two things together—one slowing down, the other not—and you get exactly the kind of combination that leads to trouble.
So my rules now explicitly spell out situations where it must slow down: pause after more than three consecutive actions, delay actions late at night, and require a second confirmation for actions that are out of the ordinary.
Most people’s rules only say “when it’s okay to move fast.” I think it’s even more important to say “when you must slow down.”
After completely outsourcing the job of “watching the markets,” my routine changed 🕐
The most exhausting part of on-chain operations isn’t actually gas—it’s having to stay awake all the time.
Me before:
Getting up at 3 a.m. to check the price Sneaking a peek at the block explorer during meetings Double-checking that my limit orders were still there before heading out Me now:
Set the conditions before bed (execute when the price reaches X), then sleep easy Wake up and check the settlement report instead of the market
What my agent does for me is simple: it stays awake on my behalf. It doesn’t need to be smart; it just needs to not get tired. Our most precious resource is attention. Freeing it from “watching” lets us focus on “making decisions.”
My question: What’s the longest-running task your agent has handled? I want to see what happens if I have it stand watch continuously for a week.
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