A field guide to
working with agents.

Choose a tool. Give it a useful job.
Know when the work is done.

Cover of A field guide to working with agents, showing the fieldbook’s compass illustration
Revised October 7, 2026 · PDF + EPUB + offline companion

A working copy for your next real task. Ten illustrated chapters with examples, checklists, and exercises you can keep beside your code or notes.

Read the first chapter online →

Start with one task.

You do not need to read the book in order. Choose a familiar job in chapter 1, write its brief in chapter 2, then use chapter 9 to judge the result. The other chapters help with the work in between.

Inside the fieldbook

  1. 01Choose your first AI agent
  2. 02Write a brief an agent can finish
  3. 03Give an agent the right permissions
  4. 04Ship a small change with a coding agent
  5. 05Research with an agent and keep the receipts
  6. 06Put a browser agent to work, one checkpoint at a time
  7. 07Connect the right tools without creating a mystery machine
  8. 08Give your agent a useful memory, not a junk drawer
  9. 09Find out whether an agent actually helps
  10. 10Turn one good result into a workflow you can trust

A copy for the way you work.

Fillable PDF
Read at your desk, type into the worksheets, or print them for a trial.
Reflowable EPUB
Read on an ebook reader. Use your notebook for the static exercises.
Offline companion
Open the included HTML file in a browser for all ten interactive exercises.