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📖What it means
The delegate's right to build and deploy new tools when users ask for a capability Carol does not yet have.
⚖️What it is NOT
The neighbours this word is most often confused with, and the line between them.
Not: Tool upgrade
Autonomy is building something NEW; upgrade is improving what already exists.
Not: Prompt autonomy
Tool autonomy adds capability; prompt autonomy changes behaviour.
🗣️Also called
tool-building right