Why Agents Can't Use Your Product

Hosted by Emmanuel Paraskakis

Mon, Apr 13, 2026

4:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

Free to join

Invite your network

Go deeper with a course

What Agents Want from Your Product
Emmanuel Paraskakis
View syllabus

What you'll learn

Why your product is hard for agents to use

Agents are smart but they also seek the quickest cheapest path to an outcome. We'll show you where they fail.

Four things agents want and one they don't

Ideally you'll have one or more ways for agents to use tools and not have to scrape pages. We'll show what to use when.

How to check if your APIs are usable by agents

We'll show you how to come up with a list of prompts and desired/undesired outcomes so you can test your own product.

The top changes to make your APIs friendlier to agents

You'll take away a high-level plan and a 12-point checklist so you can get started towards agent-friendly API products.

Why this topic matters

Software has transitioned from clicks and taps to chatting with AI. There is another major change coming: people will start delegating tasks they want done to agents. Agents want outcomes, and the products that win will be the ones that give them the easiest path to those outcomes. In this session, you'll learn how agents use APIs and what stops them in their tracks, so you can fix them.

You'll learn from

Emmanuel Paraskakis

Founder, Level 250 | 3x VP Product Management

I’m Emmanuel, an entrepreneur, product management executive, and consultant at Level 250 with over 15 years of experience shaping products.

I’ve led large API programs in fintech for Verisk, Moody’s, and Precisely, and served as VP of Product for some of the world’s most influential API tools - like API Blueprint at Apiary (550,000+ APIs), Oracle’s first Cloud-Native API Gateway, and Swagger at SmartBear (750,000+ APIs).

Over the years, I’ve consulted with everyone from Fortune 500 CEOs to startup founders, engaging with thousands of PMs, developers and consumers to help them build winning products and ecosystems.

My passion is to make products more impactful and user-friendly, which is why I created Build AI-Ready APIs: A Hands-On Workshop for Engineers and PMs: to share my lessons learned and help Product Managers and Engineers fast-track their careers.

Join me to gain practical insights, avoid common pitfalls, and learn how to deliver Developer Products that enable great user experiences, without repeating the mistakes I’ve already made along the way.

Previously at

Verisk
Moodys
Oracle
SmartBear
Precisely

Sign up to join this lesson

By continuing, you agree to Maven's Terms and Privacy Policy.