Agentic Engineering — Choosing the Right Level of Guidance

Most engineers on our team are using AI agents now. The question isn&rsquo;t whether to use them — it&rsquo;s how . And most people get this wrong. There&rsquo;s a spectrum from full autonomy (&ldquo;build me this&rdquo;) to tight step-by-step direction (&ldquo;use this exact pattern, handle this edge case, call this function&rdquo;). Most engineers default to one mode and stay there. The ones…