Lesson 5 of 8 · AI Agents That Plan, Act, and Finish Tasks
In this lesson. A confirm step before execute on anything external.
What you will learn
- Approve edit cancel
- External waits
- Copilot not cannon
Walkthrough
You will insert approve/edit/cancel. External actions wait. This is the difference between a copilot and a loose cannon.
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
Mock the approval screen for a plan with two external steps.
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 “Approve edit cancel” 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.