Agents are dead, long live workflows

100% agree. It's always about user experience.

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why not both? @calcsam just gave a talk about this at @aiDotEngineer

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absolutely, there's nothing worse than a tool that you don't know what it's going to do. the more people use these "agentic" tools the more they'll realise how frustrating (and sometimes downright dangerous) it is, and how they long for tools that offer some predictability.

Workflows are the crutch for those who are struggling to use agents well. Long live agents.

Are you theo's father?

Is he on this train too?

Interesting take. What you’re describing as workflow is human in the loop right? Isn’t that an agent as well that is designed to interact more with the user?

No - human in the loop is optional, but even things like input/output guardrails are more workflow-y. Terminology from Anthropic:

mastra workflow streaming is very nice to this end