https://auxfirst.com/newsletter.html Long-form essays from the auxfirst frontier — agentic experience design, agent trust, MCP, and the agentic toolchain. en CC BY 4.0 — auxfirst agency Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 auxfirst static build https://auxfirst.com/news/agent-enablement.html https://auxfirst.com/news/agent-enablement.html Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Agent Enablement is the discipline of building the context, tools, playbooks, and feedback loops that turn a capable model into a dependable operator. Four pillars, a toolbox, and a maturity ladder. By auxfirst. https://auxfirst.com/news/two-layer-stack-agt-vs-aux.html https://auxfirst.com/news/two-layer-stack-agt-vs-aux.html Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Microsoft just shipped the deterministic enforcement layer for autonomous agents. Here https://auxfirst.com/news/agent-first-api-design.html https://auxfirst.com/news/agent-first-api-design.html Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Agent-first API design is the discipline of building APIs that AI agents can use safely. Six principles, a CRM worked example, and a ten-point checklist for the new developer experience. By auxfirst. https://auxfirst.com/news/what-is-agentic-user-experience.html https://auxfirst.com/news/what-is-agentic-user-experience.html Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Manifesto, patterns, heuristics, and the TrustKit to ship it. The AUX Start Pack: everything a product team needs to design for agents, memory, and trust. https://auxfirst.com/news/advertising-agencies-agentic-trust-crisis.html https://auxfirst.com/news/advertising-agencies-agentic-trust-crisis.html Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 AI is moving from generation to delegation. Most agencies are not ready for the question that follows: can we trust this agent to act inside this workflow, for this client, without damaging the brand? https://auxfirst.com/news/launching-auxfirst-github-trustkit.html https://auxfirst.com/news/launching-auxfirst-github-trustkit.html Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 We https://auxfirst.com/news/10-heuristics-agentic-experience-infographic.html https://auxfirst.com/news/10-heuristics-agentic-experience-infographic.html Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A visual reference for the 10 core heuristics of Agentic User Experience (AUX) design — covering trust, autonomy, memory, transparency, and control. https://auxfirst.com/news/agentic-user-experience.html https://auxfirst.com/news/agentic-user-experience.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Understanding the next interface paradigm. Software is shifting from tools you operate to systems that act, agents that decide, and software that works for you. https://auxfirst.com/news/aux-examples-structured-agent-flows.html https://auxfirst.com/news/aux-examples-structured-agent-flows.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A set of real-world AUX examples covering app developers, product teams, and business teams — each following a consistent structure for fast comprehension. https://auxfirst.com/news/beyond-greedy-reasoning.html https://auxfirst.com/news/beyond-greedy-reasoning.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Step-by-step reasoning behaves like a greedy local policy. Long-horizon reliability needs explicit lookahead, backward value propagation, and limited commitment with replanning. https://auxfirst.com/news/designing-agentic-user-experiences.html https://auxfirst.com/news/designing-agentic-user-experiences.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 From desired outcomes to AX to spec and production system. A complete design methodology for agentic systems, covering trust layers, execution primitives, and implementation approaches. https://auxfirst.com/news/the-core-mismatch.html https://auxfirst.com/news/the-core-mismatch.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 One-agent multi-user chaos vs. what AUX assumes: a multi-actor, governed system. How AUX architecture solves the fundamental problems of current LLM setups.