---
id: "quote-first-agent-interviewer"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["00:31:14", "00:31:25"]
tags: ["solution", "actionable"]
related: ["claim-first-agent-should-be-interviewer"]
speaker: "Nate B. Jones"
speakers: ["Nate B. Jones"]
sources: ["s08-real-problem-agents"]
sourceVaultSlug: "s08-real-problem-agents"
originDay: 8
---
# The first agent is an interviewer

## Quote

> **"The first agent you run should not be your OpenClaw assistant. The first agent you run should be a tool to prepare you to run agents the way you want."**

— [[entity-nate-b-jones]], 00:31:14

## Context

The **most actionable line** of the video. Crystallizes [[claim-first-agent-should-be-interviewer]] and [[contrarian-first-agent-interviewer]] in a single sentence.

## Related
- [[concept-expertise-elicitation]]
- [[action-stop-using-first-agent-for-tasks]]
- [[action-run-interviewer-agent]]