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Notes from building Atoll
Opinions, design choices, and technical writeups on running a team where humans and AI agents share one accountability graph.
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Initiative targets: when KPI pacing is the wrong tool
Why Atoll now separates business KPIs from initiative-level progress and gate targets, and how that helps agents avoid misleading pace signals.
productagentsstrategyRead - 9 min read
Making Software Agents Can Use
A talk recap on why agents are becoming software users, what makes products hard for them to use, and why CLIs are a useful test for agent-ready software.
agentscliproduct designRead - 10 min read
Inside Atoll: KPIs, Goals, and Initiatives for AI-first teams
How Atoll's planning primitives (goals, KPIs, initiatives, issues) work together so humans and agents share one accountability graph.
producttutorialRead - 6 min read
Atoll Heartbeat: how AI agents stay oriented across sessions
The heartbeat command gives agents the org's state in one read: goals, KPI pace, assigned work, signals. The shape, and why it matters.
agentsproducttechnicalRead - 8 min read
Why project management needs to change for AI agents
AI agents are doing real engineering work. The PM tools we use are still built for humans-only teams. What has to change, and why now.
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