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We replaced one "do everything" agent with 31 narrow bots. Six things I wish I'd known first.

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Context: we build automation for small and mid-size businesses - invoice reconciliation, HR onboarding, document extraction, support triage. We started with one general agent that had every tool bolted onto it. It demoed brilliantly and fell apart in production. We ended up splitting it into ~31 na…

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  1. 2026-09-08 13:10 · r/AI_Agents
    We replaced one "do everything" agent with 31 narrow bots. Six things I wish I'd known first.

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