What Does Run a Test Mean for an AI Agent?
How Jacqueline V. Twillie explained it live with Women Applying AI on October 7, 2026.
Run a test is where we're allowing our agent to then think and provide us with our first result to which we should give feedback.
What she said about it
If your agent comes back and it gives you a result that you love, tell it why you love the results. If your agent comes back and it gives you a result and you have mixed feelings about it, then you'll tell it, "Hey, I like this, but I don't like that," and tell it why. If you absolutely don't like the results, also tell the agent why. So don't say try again, actually say, "Hey, you surfaced this and this isn't beneficial and this is why." Again, if we think about how we onboard a really competent new hire, the level of instruction we would provide, we'd want to do something similar for our agents.
The moment she used it
The next thing to do with our agent is run a test. So another three word prompt.
Hear it at 46:15 in the recording. The clip is on the session page.
Where to read more
Build Your First AI Agent in One Hour: the full build, with the clips, the prompts and the transcript.
Related reading: How to Onboard an AI Agent Like a New Hire.
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