What real long-running agents are actually useful in business workflows?
lenn_rt · reddit · 2026-07-25
The post asks for real-world examples of long-running agents that are actually useful in business settings.
The author says their team already uses simple prompt-based agents for product management, coding, and marketing, usually on cron jobs or automation triggers with a human approval step at the end. The bottleneck has become the review step, and they want ideas for cases where agents can act longer and still produce something valuable without a human constantly in the loop.
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