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Effective agent prompting is mostly context, constraints, and feedback. These articles show patterns that make multi-step work clearer and more reliable.
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Browse every All Agents Considered article filed under Prompting.
August 4, 2026
Persistent memory keeps useful context. A small ledger beside each workflow keeps the verified lesson where the next run can find it.
July 21, 2026
I wanted Hermes to schedule my Substack Notes. A missing scheduling feature turned into an open-source tool built across Hermes, Codex, and a set of independent checks.
July 7, 2026
I kept upgrading my stack and Hermes kept getting confused. Twenty minutes looking at the right layer told me why.
June 30, 2026
Most AI workflows produce 80% noise because people tend to connect tons of systems before validating them against what their work needs. Here's the one test that saves you days of configuration.
May 26, 2026
Copy-paste prompts for checking Hermes memory, gateways, scheduled jobs, model IDs, and backups before silent drift breaks your agent workflows.
April 28, 2026
A practical guide to adding human checkpoints to Hermes workflows, with examples for outbound content, system changes, and paid actions.
April 21, 2026
Set up Hermes in 20 minutes and wake up to sorted tasks and curated articles instead of manual scrolling.
April 14, 2026
Karpathy named two extremes. Here is the spectrum that covers everything in between, and the habits that shift you in the right direction.
March 10, 2026
OpenClaw finally remembers everything. Here's what changed, how I set it up, and what it means for anyone building with AI agents.
February 24, 2026
The First Dollar stack: Why React + Supabase + Cloudflare is the only V1 combo that doesn't waste your weekends.
December 16, 2025
When AI suggests an approach, your immediate thought should be “What else exists?” instead of “Let me implement this.”
December 9, 2025
Why fresh sessions outperform long threads, according to new research from Chroma and Anthropic.
December 2, 2025
AI JSON fails silently in prod. Fix it forever with these 5 checkpoints. 🚀
November 25, 2025
AI code works on the surface but can be expensive underneath. Here is the architecture framework that fixes it.
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