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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.
- S01The 2025 AI Agent Index — published June 2026
peer-reviewed transparency index / published 2026-06-25 / retrieved 2026-07-10
- S02International AI Safety Report 2026
international scientific report / published 2026-02-03 / retrieved 2026-07-09