Agents in Production

Episodes in reading order

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   AI AGENTSWorld 1World 1 A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.3 stages · 16 min in total

   Bank Reconciliation With AI: From 8 Hours to 23 Minutes

   What bank reconciliation is, why it took one real-estate fund a whole day, and where those 8 hours went before an AI agent brought them down to 23 minutes.

   1. Stage 1-1Why it took 8 hours5 min
   2. Stage 1-2How the agent matches5 min
   3. Stage 1-3Refusals and trust6 min
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   AI AGENTSWorld 2World 2 A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.3 stages · 15 min in total

   11 AI Agents Inside a $3B Fund: The Base and the Guardrails

   I delivered 11 production AI agents to a US real-estate fund managing roughly $3B in assets. Here is the one foundation they shared and the checks built into it.

   1. Stage 2-1The shared foundation5 min
   2. Stage 2-2The safety layer5 min
   3. Stage 2-3Results and buyer questions5 min
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   AI AGENTSWorld 3World 3 A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.3 stages · 17 min in total

   Verified Citations for AI Answers: When to Say I Don't Know

   Verified citations and evidence-based abstention: the RAG design I shipped inside a regulated fund, where a RAG that abstains beats one that is confidently wrong.

   1. Stage 3-1What a checked source is5 min
   2. Stage 3-2How a citation gets checked6 min
   3. Stage 3-3Failures and scoring6 min
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   AI AGENTSWorld 4World 4 A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.3 stages · 18 min in total

   AI Agents That Move Money: How to Limit What They Can Do

   Prompt injection is not solved, so contain it. Why the permission check for a money-moving AI agent belongs in the payment system, not in the agent.

   1. Stage 4-1Check at the edge6 min
   2. Stage 4-2The four controls6 min
   3. Stage 4-3Proof and testing6 min
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   AI AGENTSWorld 5World 5 A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.4 stages · 24 min in total

   EU AI Act for High-Risk AI Agents: A Build Checklist

   AI Act high-risk obligations moved to 2 December 2027 and 2 August 2028; Article 72 monitoring did not. An engineering checklist, not a legal summary.

   1. Stage 5-1Which date applies6 min
   2. Stage 5-2From article to code6 min
   3. Stage 5-3Logs and the human gate6 min
   4. Stage 5-4Accuracy and build order6 min
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   AI AGENTSWorld 6World 6 A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.3 stages · 16 min in total

   Testing an AI Agent Before Launch: Go, Wait or Block

   How a release gate turns an AI agent’s test results into one verdict, ship, hold or block, and why a clean test run can still say “not yet”.

   1. Stage 6-1Go, wait or block5 min
   2. Stage 6-2What gets scored5 min
   3. Stage 6-3Your own gate6 min
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   AI AGENTSWorld 7World 7 A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.3 stages · 17 min in total

   Running 46 AI Agents: An Illustrative Monthly Cost Model

   I deployed about 46 AI agents for Integra’s internal operations. Here is an illustrative monthly cost model: tokens, platform, review and maintenance.

   1. Stage 7-1The five cost lines6 min
   2. Stage 7-2What moves the bill5 min
   3. Stage 7-3What to cut first6 min
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   AI AGENTSWorld 8World 8 A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.3 stages · 18 min in total

   AI Agent Audit Trail: A 14-Field Record for Auditors

   A proposed audit-record design for AI agents: 14 fields that capture source evidence, checks, decisions and review, so one output can be investigated later.

   1. Stage 8-1The 14-field record6 min
   2. Stage 8-2One decision, traced6 min
   3. Stage 8-3Retention and cost6 min
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   AI AGENTSWorld 9World 9 A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.4 stages · 24 min in total

   EU AI Act Technical File: Which Parts Can Be Generated?

   What the EU AI Act technical file is, why a hand-written copy can drift, and which half a build can generate from each release while named people own the rest.

   1. Stage 9-1What can be generated6 min
   2. Stage 9-2Nine points, named owners6 min
   3. Stage 9-3Keeping the file current6 min
   4. Stage 9-4Requests, retention, dates6 min
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    AI AGENTSWorld 10World 10 A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.3 stages · 18 min in total

    AI Agent Tests: How to Set the Score Needed to Launch

    An eval threshold is the score a new AI agent version must reach before launch. Why a copied one fails, what the record holds, and the loop that earns it.

    1. Stage 10-1What a launch score is6 min
    2. Stage 10-2Pricing the mistakes6 min
    3. Stage 10-3Keeping the score honest6 min