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I built an autonomous personal agent that asks before it acts. Here's what that cost me.

Agents like Instinct made "text your assistant and it gets things done" a real category. I built my own version with a different bet: anything irreversible (sending, paying, booking) waits for a human yes. It connects to emails, Calendar and the web, edits real Word/Excel/PowerPoint files, and upda…

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  1. 2026-10-10 22:00 · r/AI_Agents
    I built an autonomous personal agent that asks before it acts. Here's what that cost me.

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