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Gave my agent a cron job and full autonomy. It has no idea what to do with itself.

I set up an agent on a cron schedule with broad tool access and told it to "find useful work and do it." No fixed task, no scoped goal — just wander and be useful. It's not working. It either does nothing meaningful or invents busywork that looks productive but isn't tied to anything anyone needs.…

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  1. 2026-09-22 06:48 · r/AI_Agents
    Gave my agent a cron job and full autonomy. It has no idea what to do with itself.

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