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The Hardest Part of Agentic AI Isn't Intelligence. It's Plumbing.

The Hardest Part of Agentic AI Isn't Intelligence. It's Plumbing.

The Hardest Part of Agentic AI Isn't Intelligence. It's Plumbing.Drew Donaldson
Published on: 04/07/2026

The hardest part of agentic AI isn't intelligence, it's integration. Why 26% of agent projects die on legacy plumbing, plus auth, state, and the MCP standard.

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What Building a Claude Plugin Taught Us About Productizing Expertise

What Building a Claude Plugin Taught Us About Productizing Expertise

What Building a Claude Plugin Taught Us About Productizing ExpertiseAutomata Intel
Published on: 17/06/2026

What Claude plugin development taught us about productizing expertise: where skills end and MCP begins, and why a packaged workflow beats selling hours.

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