A sorting test for AI tasks: what a small team should hand off
A practical test for small teams deciding which AI automation tasks to hand off, which to keep with people, and why public claims and people decisions need a human owner.
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Practical articles on AI agents and AI automation from the Guildwise HQ team.
Review lanes: checking AI agent output at the speed of the work
A practical way to review AI agent output quickly: sort changes into risk lanes, let automated gates handle the mechanical checks, and audit what people approve so speed does not turn into rubber-stamping.
Write the done check before the prompt: narrowing an AI agent's job
A practical method for giving an AI agent one narrow job, with a written definition of done, automatic checks, human sign-off and stop rules, drawn from agent design guidance and recent evaluation research.
What an AI agent team is, and when it beats one assistant
An AI agent team splits work between roles such as analyst, builder, reviewer and tester. Here is how handoffs and gates work, and when one assistant is still the better choice.
Keeping humans in charge of AI agents: a practical guide for small teams
Least access, approvals, one place for decisions, budgets and an audit trail are the five habits that keep AI agents under control. A practical governance guide for teams without a compliance department.
From idea to tested change: how work moves through an AI agent team
A walkthrough of one change as it moves from idea to requirements, build, review, test and release in an AI agent team, with the pitfalls to watch for at each stage.
AI automation for small businesses in 2026: where it helps and how to start
Where AI agents and automation help a small business today, where they do not, and how to start with one small job. Includes survey data from the US and South Africa and a simple way to choose your first task.