Example Output: AI Agents Executive Decision Memo
Inputs used
- Project context: a research assistant agent that searches, cites, and drafts market briefs
- Target audience: AI engineers, platform teams, automation builders
- Success metric: activation, quality, and risk reduction
- Available tools and data: MCP servers, workflow engine, trace viewer, eval runner
- Desired depth: Production-ready
- Output tone: Clear operator memo
Generated Result
one-page recommendation, options table, risks, and next actions
Decision needed
The immediate decision is whether a research assistant agent that searches, cites, and drafts market briefs is mature enough for a controlled pilot. The strongest evidence should come from tool schemas and user tasks; if either source is missing, mark the recommendation as provisional rather than filling the gap with assumptions.
Recommendation
Recommendation: run a narrow pilot before broad rollout. Prefer a governance-forward pilot if evidence suggests unbounded loops; prefer a speed-forward pilot only when user tasks and failure logs are already reliable.
Options
Option A optimizes speed by shipping a limited workflow around failure logs. Option B optimizes control by adding reviewer sign-off and rollback steps. Option C waits until evidence from eval traces is stronger. Use the same success metric for all three options.
Evidence
Evidence to trust: eval traces, tool schemas, and reviewer notes from eval runner. Evidence to treat cautiously: anecdotes that are not tied to a time window, cohort, or source owner.
Risks
Treat tool overuse as a launch blocker until there is a control that can be verified. The minimum control is: observable decision points, plus reviewer sign-off for ambiguous outputs.
Next actions
Next actions: validate user tasks, assign a reviewer for unbounded loops, and schedule a decision checkpoint after the first pilot cohort. Do not expand scope until the review path works in practice.
Recommended Decision
Proceed with a narrow pilot focused on tool schemas and user tasks. Treat tool overuse as the primary launch blocker. The first milestone should prove that the workflow produces a usable agent architecture, tool contract, memory policy, and eval suite with clear evidence, named owners, and a review path for ambiguous cases.
Expected quality checks
- The result is specific to production agent workflows, tool calling, MCP connectors, and evaluation loops.
- It includes the required sections: Decision needed, Recommendation, Options, Evidence, Risks, Next actions.
- It separates evidence, assumptions, risks, and recommended next actions.
- It includes practical verification steps, not only generic advice.
- It names the most important failure mode for this domain: tool overuse.
Reuse note
Before copying the output into production work, replace all default variables with your real data and run a human review for high-impact decisions.