Overview
There are two primary modes of agentic work. Human-in-the-loop work keeps the person present while the agent asks questions, proposes decisions, and performs complicated or ambiguous tasks.
Away-from-keyboard work assigns a scoped task and lets the agent execute without continuous human interaction.
Away-from-keyboard execution creates major leverage because it lets one person start multiple tasks instead of supervising every permission request and intermediate step. That leverage should be paired with sandboxing so that agent actions are contained within a controlled environment.