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COCO / AI / WORKFLOW DESIGN

AI Agent DevelopmentAn agent needs permission to act—and to stop.

An agent is not a chatbot with extra buttons. It needs scoped tools, verifiable outputs, action limits and approval gates—especially when sending, refunding, deleting or changing business records.

Scope-led engagement · tailored engineering · not packaged SaaS

COCO / AI WORKFLOW STUDY 01—02

Make repeated work
safer and clearer.

The challenge An agent needs permission to act—and to stop.
In context A sales agent spots a request to change a price in email.…
Design focus Least-privilege tool access
Conceptual illustration · not client UI
COCO / RESPONSIBLE AUTOMATION
Prove value before scaling.
01 / THE REAL PROBLEM
Automation is a tool.
Accountability stays human.

An agent is not a chatbot with extra buttons. It needs scoped tools, verifiable outputs, action limits and approval gates—especially when sending, refunding, deleting or changing business records.

FIELD NOTE / ILLUSTRATIVE

A moment worth redesigning

A sales agent spots a request to change a price in email. Without approval it could turn a discussion into an authorised order amendment.

Composite business vignette, not a client quote or measured result.

02 / HOW WE WORK

Find the goal and the risk.
Then design the workflow.

We begin with task context, data permission, failure cases and review points. These are proposed steps; whether AI belongs is determined in discovery.

Confirm the task and approved knowledge sources
COCO / DESIGN SESSION
Confirm the task and approved knowledge sources
STEP 01 / 03 Illustrative
03 / SCOPE THE RIGHT THING

More than a prompt: usable delivery.

Deliverables depend on the workflow, privacy, security, model operating costs, platform access and ownership.

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Least-privilege tool access

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Durable state, recovery and approvals

03 /

Evaluation set, audit and production monitoring

Real AI deployment needs assessment of incorrect outputs, prompt injection, sensitive-data disclosure and excessive agency. Design evaluations, approvals and fallbacks early. OWASP ↗

04 / EVIDENCE OF IMPROVEMENT

How will we know it helped?

Measure time, accuracy, exceptions and model cost against a baseline—never invented success percentages.

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Coverage of human approval for consequential actions

Establish a baseline before claiming improvement.

02

Speed of safe escalation and handover

Establish a baseline before claiming improvement.

03

Sensitive-data and permission incidents

Establish a baseline before claiming improvement.

05 / RELATED CAPABILITIES

What else does
the workflow touch?

Even a simple AI task may depend on knowledge, APIs, human approvals, customer data and monitoring. Explore adjacent services to scope the full workflow.

LET'S UNDERSTAND THE WORK

Choose one useful workflow.
Then choose the technology.

Tell us about one repeated task and what mistakes cost. We will compare rules, workflow platforms and AI before recommending an approach.