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I spent days building an AI to track a topic. It never worked.

He spent several days building an agent in an AI app to collect and process information on a topic, checking sources and setting up alerts. He says it did not work at all.

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How it works

  1. Builds an agent in an AI app over several days
  2. Reviews and validates sources and flows
  3. Sets up alerts
  4. The agent does not work at all

Why it’s worth knowing

He did the careful setup work, checking sources and building alerts, and the agent still never worked at all.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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