Systems Are the Key to Stronger AI Agents
eptwts · x · 2026-07-15
This article discusses how to make AI agents perform better, with the core argument being: the intelligence of frontier models is no longer the main bottleneck.
The author argues that in many scenarios, what truly limits effectiveness is the "system outside the model"—meaning how you organize context, workflows, tool usage, feedback, and constraints. Two people using the exact same model can yield completely different results simply due to differences in system design.
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