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THE COMPANION

SECTION 18

ISSUE 001

OBSERVEDinteractionnowconfidence / high

The Plan Is Part of the Interface

Before a long task, show an editable plan: assumptions, evidence needs, permissions, checkpoints, and stopping conditions. Early visibility lets the user steer before execution becomes expensive and catches scope drift while it is still reversible. Collaboration needs a shared object, not a stream of confident progress messages.

Why this idea is here

What the evidence establishes.

Agent transparency remains inconsistent across products; safety research emphasizes monitoring and control as autonomy increases.

Source ledger

Read the sources.

  1. S01
    The 2025 AI Agent Index — published June 2026

    peer-reviewed transparency index / published 2026-06-25 / retrieved 2026-07-10

  2. S02
    International AI Safety Report 2026

    international scientific report / published 2026-02-03 / retrieved 2026-07-09

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