Personal agents' real value is as a context buffer, not prompt engineering
andreisavu · x · 2026-11-04
Developer Andrei Savu argues that the main value of a personal agent is acting as a context buffer: it carries what you're working on, what matters to you, and what's already been decided into each conversation, so you spend less time crafting elaborate prompts and more time thinking.
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