POC planning

The POC playbook for location-based AI agents

A good pilot is narrow enough to finish and realistic enough to prove whether the agent can work in the field.

Scope

The right POC is specific before it is ambitious.

Location-based agents can easily become too broad. A retail assistant, field service copilot, campus guide, or warehouse QA agent may touch many systems and many user journeys. The first POC should avoid that trap.

The target is one place, one workflow, and one measurable outcome. That gives the team enough context to test real behavior while keeping the work bounded enough to ship, evaluate, and decide what comes next.

WorldAgents is designed around this path: model the place, configure the agent, run simulations, and move into a controlled pilot when the behavior is credible.

Playbook

Four decisions make the pilot concrete.

Choose one place

Start with a store, venue, warehouse zone, campus area, or field location where context changes the work.

Choose one workflow

Pick a task with clear steps, visible inputs, rules, exceptions, and a real operator or customer outcome.

Define one measurable result

Use a concrete metric: time saved, fewer missed checks, faster onboarding, better conversion, or fewer escalations.

Simulate before field exposure

Run the agent through realistic scenarios so the team can adjust behavior before it meets real users.

Deliverables

A POC should end with a rollout decision, not just a demo.

The output should make it clear what worked, what failed, what must be integrated, and whether the workflow is worth expanding.

Place and workflow model
Agent behavior spec
Simulation scenarios and expected outcomes
Device experience across phone, web, and AI glasses where relevant
Pilot readout with risks, metrics, and rollout recommendation

WorldAgents pilots

Start with a bounded workflow.