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EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 25 MIN

Agents: How to Give AI a Job

from AI Rounds by the Cumming School of Medicine · host Office of Faculty Development, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Delegating to an AI agent is not the same as prompting a chatbot. In this episode, I walk through what good delegation actually looks like — scope, constraints, and checkpoints — and apply it to three concrete tasks: updating your CV, building a simple course assistant, and screening abstracts for a scoping review. The framework is practical, the failure modes are real, and the limits matter.

Delegating to an AI agent is not the same as prompting a chatbot. In this episode, I walk through what good delegation actually looks like — scope, constraints, and checkpoints — and apply it to three concrete tasks: updating your CV, building a simple course assistant, and screening abstracts for a scoping review. The framework is practical, the failure modes are real, and the limits matter.

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