Progressive Agent Adoption#
Nobody goes from “I have never used an agent” to “my agent runs multi-hour autonomous workflows” in one step. Trust builds through experience. Each successful task at one level creates confidence to try the next. Skipping levels creates fear and bad outcomes — the agent does something unexpected, the human loses trust, and adoption stalls.
This article maps the adoption ladder from first task to autonomous workflows, with concrete examples of what to try at each level and signals that indicate readiness to move up.