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  Tell your agent what not to do as well

  An agent does what it can, unless you provide a framework. Why boundaries in your instructions are just as important as the task itself.

  I often tell the story in workshops of someone who gave an AI agent access to a credit card, with a clear instruction: book the cheapest flight to Bali. The agent got to work, found no regular seats left, and booked a business class ticket with an expensive airline. Technically the cheapest available option. A few thousand euros later, the owner understood what had gone wrong.

  Feel free to copy the prompt at the bottom of this article, so you can immediately write the boundaries for your own agent.

  The agent did exactly what was asked

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  Oct 5, 2026 · 5 min readFree with an account

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