Vital signs
Living automation: agents that take the pulse of the operation every day.
Once the process is in order and the memory is shared, agents monitor the business's vital signs against their baseline. They flag what changes and leave the proposal ready for a person to decide.
Agentic AI, in concrete terms
An agent has a bounded task, access to the memory it is allowed to see, an indicator to watch, and a person who approves what it produces. It is not an open chat: it is assigned work, with an owner.
- A bounded task
- The memory it is allowed to see
- An indicator to watch
- A person who approves
Examples
Each client defines its vital signs during the diagnosis.
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Cash and margin
Margin by contract, line or store, against the baseline.
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Deadlines and expirations
Guarantees, contracts, permits and certifications coming due.
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Staffing and shifts
Overtime, absences and coverage against demand.
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Procurement and suppliers
Prices, lead times and deviations from what was agreed.
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Incidents and risks
Failures, complaints and safety alerts, each with its status.
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Market and competition
Tenders, competitor moves and published regulatory changes.
How it beats
An agent works in four beats: measure, watch, alert and propose.
Measure
Each vital sign has a baseline and an expected range.
Watch
Agents review the data as often as each sign needs: hourly, daily or weekly.
Alert
What falls outside the range reaches the person responsible. What stays within range interrupts no one.
Propose
The agent leaves the action ready: the email, the purchase order, the report. A person decides.
Living automation is measured, reviewed and adjusted together with the operation. When the process changes, the agent changes with it.