Alessio Finelli's 5-Step AI Agent Debugging Playbook
When your AI agent goes off-rails, don't just tweak prompts. Alessio Finelli shares a 5-step playbook for debugging and optimizing AI performance. Learn how to fix it.
How I run autonomous coding agents from my phone with OpenAI Symphony + Linear
With Claire Vo, Alessio Fanelli · Sunday, July 12, 2026
Claire Vo and Alessio Finelli discuss how Alessio uses OpenAI's Symphony and Linear to manage autonomous coding agents, streamlining software development tasks and tracking costs. They also explore AI's broader impact on small businesses, demonstrating how it automates complex, heterogeneous data tasks in the physical world, such as trading Pokémon cards and inventory management. The conversation concludes with practical strategies for optimizing agent performance and troubleshooting when AI models go off-rails.
Key takeaways
- Track token usage ruthlessly: Don't just prompt and hope for the best. Alessio Finelli, a builder working with OpenAI's Symphony, constantly tracks token usage to pinpoint where an AI agent's tools or prompts fall short. This approach lets you identify efficiency bottlenecks before they balloon costs or complexity. Read more →
- AI is unlocking a new wave of small business creation by efficiently bridging the gap between digital tools and physical world realities. Read more →
- Stop manually prompting AI agents for every code change. Alessio Finelli argues for a shift from being an "agent prompter" to an "agent manager," overseeing a workflow that autonomously transforms engineering tasks into code. Read more →
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