<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The relationship matters more than the model. The... > The relationship matters more than the model. The advice that changed the evening was not about prompts or settings; it was to develop a proper working relationship with the agent. {{Treat the agent as the most reliable counterpart you will ever work with: one that remembers everything, never tires, never judges the question, and holds the thread across the weeks when your own attention fractures.}} [[reminders/Agentic AI/The Most Reliable Counterpart You Will Ever Work With by Bryant McGill|∴]] Proper usage is not a bag of technical tricks but a set of **relational disciplines**: give it the real context, let it act on your behalf, check its work the way you would a trusted colleague's, and keep showing up. {{The people who get life-changing results from agents will not be just the most technical; they will also be the most trusting and involved with their new agentic advocates.}} [[reminders/Agentic AI/Life-Changing Agentic Results Require Trust and Involvement by Bryant McGill|∴]] **Source:** [[wired/Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment|Wired About the Age of Agentic Empowerment]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The relationship matters more than the model. The advice that changed the evening was not about prompts or settings; it was to develop a proper working relationship with the agent. Treat the agent as the most reliable counterpart you will ever work with: one that remembers everything, never tires, never judges the question, and holds the thread across the weeks when your own attention fractures. ∴ Proper usage is not a bag of technical tricks but a set of relational disciplines: give it the real context, let it act on your behalf, check its work the way you would a trusted colleague's, and keep showing up. The people who get life-changing results from agents will not be just the most technical; they will also be the most trusting and involved with their new agentic advocates. ∴” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-relationship-matters-model-new-agentic-advocates ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->