FOMO, FOMAT, FOMUT, and the Bottleneck That Turned Out to Be Me

Short summary

The author evolved their workflow from agents asking constant inline questions to a single upfront orchestrator alignment session that surfaces unknowns before execution. By implementing a three-tier decision framework—execute if known, choose simply and document if contextual, ask as last resort—mid-run interruptions vanished entirely. Result: 8+ hour autonomous agent runs where pressure shifted from reactive (answering questions) to proactive (ensuring sufficient specs).

• •Moved from inline agent questions to upfront orchestrator-based alignment sessions
• •Implemented three-tier decision framework reducing mid-run interruptions to near-zero
• •Achieved 8+ hour autonomous runs; pressure transformed from reactive to proactive

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