Financial agents outperform general AI via specialized workflow harness
kimmonismus · x · 2026-08-18
The author argues that AI agents excel only when surrounded by a proper workspace infrastructure. Questflow's financial agent demonstrates this via a "Financial Harness" that includes Skills for methodology, Plugins for live data, and Execution Accounts with limits. This architecture allows the agent to outperform general AI on markets like Hyperliquid and Polymarket, executing plain English commands only after user confirmation.
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