Agents for Everyone
Make AI agents usable by non-technical people: plain language, clear actions, safe defaults.
When to use
- Your users are non-developers who want agent capabilities without the complexity.
- You need to lower the barrier so "agents for the rest of us" actually works.
Procedure
- Express everything in plain language; no jargon or config.
- Default to safe, reversible actions; require confirmation for anything consequential.
- Give one obvious path that works end to end, not many options.
- Show what the agent did in a way a non-technical user can understand.
- Collect feedback and simplify further.
Pitfalls
- Options and knobs overwhelm non-technical users; hide the advanced stuff.
- Safety defaults matter most; a bad default can't be recovered from.
Verification
- A non-technical user can complete a real task unaided and understand the result.