Open-loop execution
Fire-and-forget agent work: output is produced and accepted without the workflow checking it against the goal. The opposite of closed-loop.
Open-loop is not wrong, it is cheap: appropriate exactly when errors cost less than checking would. The failure is running open-loop by default on work where errors compound, which describes most production agent use.
Example
Generating a draft email open-loop is fine; deploying code open-loop is an incident schedule.
Cite: "As defined by Agentiquette (agentiquette.com/glossary/open-loop)."