How to Build AI Agents That Check Their Own Work | Jared Zoneraich

<p>Jared is a Builder in Residence at Cognition, the team behind Devin. He showed me why teams often overbuild their first agents, and how simple prompts, better tools, and self-testing work together instead. Then he demoed one manager agent breaking down a task, directing 10 cloud agents, and deciding what a human needs to review.</p><p><br></p><p>Jared and I talked about:</p><p>(00:00) Why teams overbuild their first AI agent</p><p>(02:50) Let the model cook before adding rules</p><p>(03:16) Why tools matter more than better prompts</p><p>(10:51) Why you should build evals after shipping</p><p>(16:06) What cloud agents can do that local agents can’t</p><p>(20:30) How to get one agent to manage other agents</p><p>(25:39) Demo: One agent launches a team of 10</p><p>(28:03) How agents prove their work before you review it</p><p>(33:18) The best tasks for agent teams to work on</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to our sponsors:</p><p>Riverside: All-in-one AI studio for podcasts and video https://creators.riverside.com/PeterYang</p><p>Linear: The AI agent platform for modern teams https://linear.app/behind-the-craft</p><p>Wispr Flow: 4x faster than typing with your voice https://ref.wisprflow.ai/peteryang</p><p><br></p><p>📌 Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/how-to-build-ai-agents-that-check-their-own-work-jared-cognition-devin</p><p><br></p><p>📌 Get my personal AI OS with useful AI skills, $270 in AI tool credits, live monthly workshops, and courses on Hermes and Codex agents: https://www.behindthecraft.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Where to find Jared:</p><p><br></p><p>X: https://x.com/imjaredz</p><p>Devin: https://devin.ai</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to this channel - more interviews coming soon!</p>