Measuring Your Agent Leverage
Three numbers a week: tasks landed, rework rate, review time. What you don't measure quietly regresses.
Treat your agent fleet like a team you're responsible for. Track throughput (agent tasks merged per week), quality (what fraction needed human rework after merge), and your own cost (minutes of review per landed task). Three numbers, checked weekly, is enough — the point is a trend line, not a dashboard.
The numbers drive real decisions. Rework climbing? Your briefs or knowledge base have gaps — reread the failed walkthroughs and fix the inputs. Review time climbing? Walkthroughs are getting bloated or tasks too large — shrink the briefs. Throughput flat while you're busier than ever? You're hovering instead of delegating — move more work to the Manager and trust the inbox.