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Do You Really Need AI Agents?
Community description: Usually not. Most LLM features are cheaper, faster, and easier to trust as a fixed workflow. Here's when an agent earns its keep.
Dev.to | Oct 10, 2026 | Aditya Negandhi
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Agents are great when a task needs adaptability: messy inputs, lots of steps you can't predict, automation at scale. Workflows vs agents: what's the difference? The line between "workflow" and "agent" shifts with every model generation.
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