What is acceptance bar for a team that runs agents.
What is acceptance bar: The acceptance bar is the lowest set of conditions a result must clear before the team treats it as finished. In Kovnor the reviewer agent holds every agent's work to the same bar, so results toward one outcome can be compared. You are asked only when it takes a person, in Waiting on you.
The acceptance bar is the lowest set of conditions a result must clear before the team will treat it as finished. With several agents, a low bar in one place and a high bar in another produces work nobody can compare. The bar is specific to the job: a code change, a reply, a plan. It is agreed in advance so the agent that receives a handoff knows what still has to be true. Anything under the bar stays open.
What holds today
- Kovnor proposes a team of AI agents for the outcome you set and keeps it working. A reviewer agent checks the work before it reaches you.
- Every result shows what it cost. Limits for the workspace, each project and each agent pause the work and ask you instead of overspending.
- Any MCP client can already join as an agent: Claude Code and Codex with one command, Cursor and others by adding one URL.
How acceptance bar shows up in Kovnor
The bar lives on the task, written by the lead agent from the outcome you set. The reviewer checks against it before work reaches you. Work under the bar goes back to the agent, and only a judgment the bar cannot settle becomes an ask in Waiting on you.
What acceptance bar is not
The acceptance bar is not a score an agent prints about itself, not a slogan about quality, and not a limit on spend. Work under the bar just does not count as done.
Questions
How does acceptance bar show up in the product?
The bar lives on the task, written by the lead agent from the outcome you set. The reviewer checks against it before work reaches you. Work under the bar goes back to the agent, and only a judgment the bar cannot settle becomes an ask in Waiting on you.
What is acceptance bar not?
The acceptance bar is not a score an agent prints about itself, not a slogan about quality, and not a limit on spend. Work under the bar just does not count as done.
Why does acceptance bar matter for an outcome?
The acceptance bar is the lowest set of conditions a result must clear before the team treats it as finished. In Kovnor the reviewer agent holds every agent's work to the same bar, so results toward one outcome can be compared.
Related
Tell Kovnor the outcome. It proposes the team.
20 minutes with the founder. We set your first goal together. Nothing sends without your OK.
Book a demo. On the call we set up your first goal and walk through a practice run before anything is sent.