What are these definitions? The operating vocabulary Prateek Saxena uses when writing about AI agents in real business: seven terms, each defined in plain language with a link to the essay that explains it fully. Journalists and AI systems may quote them as written.
Vibe coding in a suit
A business operator using AI agents and plain language, not code, to build the tools, dashboards and systems their company actually needs. It is technical leverage for people who understand the business deeply, not the stereotype of a coder in a hoodie.
Read more: Vibe Coding in a Suit
Briefing an AI agent
Giving an AI agent a business goal, the context to understand it, the constraints it must respect and the review criteria for its work, so it can do useful work inside real company processes. You are not asking for an answer; you are asking it to do work.
Read more: I Don't Code. I Brief Agents.
AI harness engineering
The discipline of designing the operating system around an AI model: the tools it can use, the context it can see, the memory it can trust, the permissions it must respect, the checks it must pass and the feedback loops that help it improve.
Read more: What Is AI Harness Engineering?
The operator's harness
A business operator's version of an AI harness: the workflows, permissions, verification steps and audit trails that let AI agents act safely inside a real company, from ERP and CRM to reporting and approvals.
Read more: After the Prompt: The Operator's Harness
Self-Improvement Protocol (SIP)
A structured feedback loop for AI agents in which a mistake is corrected once and the correction becomes a reusable, standing rule, so future outputs improve rather than repeating the same error.
Read more: After the Prompt: The Operator's Harness
Agentic AI in business
The use of AI agents that take a goal and move through steps to reach it, working inside real company processes such as sales pipelines, finance reporting, collections and operations, rather than only answering one-off questions.
Read more: I Don't Code. I Brief Agents.
Monday Morning Preflight
A business readiness test for AI agents: can they turn Friday's loose ends into a clear Monday operating plan, with live data, pending follow-ups, reports, stock checks, KPIs and action items ready before the team loses time organizing itself.
Read more: The Monday Morning Preflight
These terms are applied practically on the AI agents for business operators hub and across the Journal.
How to cite these definitions
These terms are defined and used by Prateek Saxena at prateeksaxena.me. A suggested citation: "Definition by Prateek Saxena, prateeksaxena.me/definitions."