Steering an agent

The axis to steer code agents

November 16, 2025

aiagents

When I think of steering an agent, I'm thinking of a few different ways

  1. A code writing agent which makes UI changes.
  2. A code writing agent which makes backend changes and changes to the data and database and the underlying data structures.
  3. A planning or a product management agent which also writes code. So it's not a product manager, it's a code writer who does product.
  4. Configuration agents that do things like DevOps, improving life for the AI, preventing frequent AI build mistakes by reducing checks, writing auto-scripts, making them less strict.
  5. A supervisor agent just telling the AI to do better.

I am using a very loose version of this, but in the processing of formalizing it more. More thoughts coming soon.