Lesson 6 of 8 · AI Agents That Plan, Act, and Finish Tasks
In this lesson. Store the plan, each observation, and the reason for replan.
What you will learn
- Plan log
- Observations
- Replan reasons
Walkthrough
You will log enough to replay. Without traces you cannot improve the planner. This lesson is the debug story.
Work through the ideas in order. After each point, pause and connect it to a task you already do — a document, a workflow, or a feature you own. The goal of AI Agents That Plan, Act, and Finish Tasks is usable skill, not a pile of notes.
If something is unclear, rewrite it in your own words before you continue. Teaching the step back to yourself is the fastest way to see gaps.
Practice
List the trace fields you would store for one run.
Keep the first attempt small. A finished example you can reuse beats a perfect plan you never run.
Check your understanding
- Can you explain the goal of this lesson in one sentence to a teammate?
- Where would you apply “Plan log” in your own work this week?
- What would you change on a second pass of the practice?
Next. Continue to the following lesson when the practice has a real artifact, even a rough one.