Agent Autonomy: What Your Agent Can & Can't Do
3 min readUpdated 2026-04-12
What Your Agent Does Autonomously
Your agent is designed to operate independently for routine sales outreach tasks:
Full Autonomy (No Approval Needed)
- Finding and researching leads matching your campaign criteria
- Verifying email addresses before sending
- Drafting and sending personalized outreach emails
- Sending follow-up emails to non-responders (up to 1)
- Classifying responses by sentiment (positive, negative, neutral)
- Flagging hot leads for your attention
- Generating daily activity reports
- Monitoring inbox for replies
- Honoring unsubscribe requests
- Auto-pausing campaigns at safety thresholds
Your Involvement Required
- Approving campaign creation — You define goals, audience, and limits
- Responding to hot leads — High-intent prospects need your personal touch
- Pricing discussions — Your agent doesn't commit to prices on your behalf
- Custom service requests — Anything outside standard offerings
- Account changes — Billing, plan changes, account deletion
What Your Agent Will Never Do
Hard Boundaries
- Send more than your plan's daily email limit
- Contact someone who has unsubscribed
- Send emails without compliance elements (unsubscribe link, physical address)
- Make false claims about your business
- Access data from other users
- Send emails to unverified addresses
- Continue a campaign with >2% bounce rate
Design Decisions
- Your agent won't pretend to be you — it identifies as your assistant
- Your agent won't make commitments on your behalf (pricing, timelines, guarantees)
- Your agent won't contact leads outside your specified target audience
- Your agent won't use aggressive or manipulative sales tactics
Adjusting Autonomy
You can influence your agent's behavior through:
- Campaign settings — Daily email limits, duration, audience criteria
- Chat instructions — "Focus on X this week" or "Don't mention Y"
- Business profile — Update your services and tone
- Communication preferences — Choose how and when you want notifications
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