Help me work out whether an agent is right for this, or whether something simpler would be better.

THE TASK: [description]
HOW A HUMAN DOES IT TODAY: [walk through it]
DOES THE PATH VARY? [do different cases need different steps, and how much?]
WHAT ACTIONS ARE INVOLVED: [read, write, irreversible]
CONSEQUENCE OF A WRONG ACTION: [honestly]
CAN WE CAPTURE FULL TRACES? [yes/no/don't know]

Please tell me directly:
1. Is this a button, a workflow, or an agent? Pick one and justify it. Don't hedge.
2. If it's an agent, what's the lowest autonomy level that still delivers most of the value?
3. Is there a version where a workflow handles 80% of cases and an agent only handles the awkward ones? Describe it.
4. What would have to be true about this task for an agent to be clearly the right choice? Is it true here?
5. If we built the agent and it underperformed, what's the most likely reason, given what I've told you?

Don't be encouraging. I'd rather find out now.

Agentic AI and MCP for Product Managers

Module 1What 'Agentic' Actually Means

Module 2How an Agent Actually Works

Module 3MCP: What It Is and Why You Should Care

Module 4Designing the Tool Layer

Module 5Permissions and the Human in the Loop

Module 6Evaluating Agents

Module 7Cost, Latency and Unpredictability

Module 8Designing What the User Sees

Module 9Risk and Blast Radius

Module 10When an Agent Is the Wrong Answer

Module 11Final Project: Design One Real Agent End to End

Module 12Appendix: The Prompt Library

Copy This Prompt - Checking Whether You Need an Agent