Product Radar Edition 03 · 30 Oct 2026

Guardrails, not manual review

You set the tests and limits once. Then agents ship without you checking each result.

TrialNew on 22 Oct 2026
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Konstantin's verdict: Trial

I no longer read every result my agents produce. I set the guardrails once, and the agents ship inside them.

Automatic tests run before anything goes live. Before each release, tests click through a test copy of the product. For each bug I report, an agent first writes a test that fails because of the bug. Then it fixes the code until the test passes. A Haiku agent clicks through each change as a user would.

Software checks risky agent actions before they run, such as sending a message or reading a private file. Agents cannot turn that off. Before each release, a reviewer agent checks the change. It is Sonnet 5.5, a different Claude model that starts fresh.

Five reviewer agents read each edition of this radar as a visitor would. It ships only when all of them pass it. It sits in Trial because I stopped my own review this week. A mistake that no check covers can still ship.

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ADOPTTRIALASSESSHOLD12 Oct22 Oct30 Oct22 Oct 2026: New30 Oct 2026: No change
  1. Added in TrialNew: replaces four narrower entries.

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  • Give agents narrow keysGiving each agent the narrowest access key and spending limit that does the job. One mistake or breach then reaches little.
  • Let agents reach you by pushAgents bring questions and results to you, by text message, phone call or podcast, instead of leaving them in notes you must open.
  • Pick a direction before agents build creative workFor creative work, agents first show several storyboards or directions. You pick one, then they build a rough version for fast feedback before any polish.
  • Scheduled agent runsAgents run on a schedule and work through your inbox and task board. They fix what they can. You get only the decisions.