Gaskill: AI agents must be onboarded like human employees
Remy Gaskill · Building AI Agents that actually work (Full Course) · Mar 17, 2026 · at 15:52
AI builder Remy Gaskill explains how to set up autonomous AI agent workflows to Greg Isenberg on The Startup Ideas Podcast.
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“And the way I like to think about building agents is onboarding them like a real employee. So if you took on a real executive assistant, you couldn't expect just for them to come into the office and you need to give them a task without explaining your business first, your clients, what you do, the tools because they just would not be a very good executive assistant.”
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