# Agentic Autonomy Levels

DevFeed: [Agentic Autonomy Levels](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/agentic-autonomy-levels-28492.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://addyosmani.com/blog/agentic-autonomy-levels/>)

Author: Addy Osmani

Published: 2026-07-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Addy Osmani](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/addy-osmani.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [Agent Skill](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-skill.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agentic-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-engineering.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [delegation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/delegation.md>), [multi-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multi-agent.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [scopes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scopes.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>), [verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verification.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that agent autonomy should be evaluated on two separate axes: agency, describing how independently an agent pursues a goal, and orchestration, describing the ability to coordinate multiple agents. It emphasizes choosing an autonomy level per task and defending that choice through verification.

## Source excerpt

The action in agentic engineering has moved from prompting to operating. Autonomy isn't one ladder, it's two axes (agency and orchestration) and six levels you move between per task. The real question is what level a task deserves, and what verification makes that level defensible.