Practical software guides
“Autonomous” describes a proposed operating scope, not permission to act. Review the actual systems and actions the tool can reach rather than relying on a label or an impressive demonstration.
| Capability | Review question |
|---|---|
| Read | Which assigned resources are permitted? |
| Write | What change can be reversed and by whom? |
| Send | Who approves recipient and final content? |
| Spend | What verified financial authority applies? |
| Continue later | How are queued actions cancelled and credentials revoked? |
Test instructions embedded in retrieved text, a missing source, a duplicate request and revocation during queued work. Block actions whose authority or state cannot be established. Keep a manual fallback for the actual business task.
The AI permission guide and escalation matrix make those choices concrete. This recovered route removes broad hype-cycle and vendor predictions; it reports no autonomous customer deployment.