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# Blog

## [An evaluation rubric is a theory of good work](https://tajo.io/blog/a-rubric-is-a-theory-of-good-work/)

Before an AI judge scores an agent, ask the person who knows the task which outcomes count and which errors disqualify the result.

Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min read

3 sections

## [A useful map leaves things out](https://tajo.io/blog/a-useful-map-leaves-things-out/)

A diagram helps when it preserves the relationships needed for a task. Name what it distorts and offer a companion view when another task needs those details.

Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min read

Station A → Transfer → Station B

## [Why a hundred nearly perfect steps still fail](https://tajo.io/blog/almost-perfect-steps-unreliable-chain/)

A 99% reliable step repeated a hundred times succeeds only 36.6% of the time under a simple model. Here is what that means for long agent workflows.

Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min read

3 sections

## [What is each approval protecting?](https://tajo.io/blog/approval-queues-and-the-cost-of-waiting/)

Every approval can guard a real risk or add waiting. Map the decision path before removing or adding a gate.

Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min read

PREFLIGHT → ACTIVATION

## [Ask the source before copying the data](https://tajo.io/blog/ask-the-source-before-copying-the-data/)

A question may need a fresh read from the source, not a second database. Choose remote access or sync by what the next system must do.

Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min read

Source of truth → Scoped query → Consumer

## [The person who knows the exceptions should shape the automation](https://tajo.io/blog/automation-begins-with-the-exceptions/)

A workflow specification loses the cases that make work hard. Let the task expert define those cases while code enforces data and permission rules.

Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min read

Task expert → Reviewed rule → Execution

## [Cash runway is a race between revenue and the bank balance](https://tajo.io/blog/cash-runway-and-the-shape-of-survival/)

A worked cash runway example shows why current losses and survival are different questions, and how fragile a growth projection can be.

Oct 8, 2026 · 5 min read

3 sections

## [Put changing facts where they can be corrected](https://tajo.io/blog/changing-facts-need-a-home-outside-the-prompt/)

A product catalog or API contract changes. If it lives in an agent prompt, every correction becomes a prompt edit and every call pays to reread it.

Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min read

3 sections

## [Check everything cheaply; investigate the few that need it](https://tajo.io/blog/cheap-checks-before-expensive-judgment/)

A broad first pass can keep costly judgment focused on uncertain cases. The design depends on what the cheap check misses, not just what it saves.

Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min read

FIRST → ONLY IF NEEDED

## [Make the constraint visible before choosing the work](https://tajo.io/blog/constraints-make-priorities-visible/)

A visible limit turns a backlog into a choice. Show what each new request displaces before calling it a priority.

Oct 8, 2026 · 4 min read

3 sections

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