Apart from coding agents, are there any AI agents that are actually useful? Is it all still just hype?
Ask HN: Any examples of useful AI agents?
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#3One category that seems genuinely useful is agents that help reason about complex systems rather than directly execute tasks.
For example, I’ve been experimenting with a small tool that takes a description of an AI product and decomposes it into tasks, estimates token usage, and models the cost implications of different architectures.
It’s not an autonomous agent, but it’s been surprisingly useful as a “thinking tool” before building something.
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#4One category that seems genuinely useful is agents that help reason about complex systems rather than directly execute tasks. For example, I’ve been experimenting with a small tool that takes a description of an AI product and decomposes it into tasks, estimates token usage, and models the cost implications of different architectures. It’s not an autonomous agent, but it’s been surprisingly useful as a “thinking tool…
Oh that's interesting. Almost like a project planner kind of thing?
I actually only recently tried Claude Code. I didn't realize it was such a big thing now. I also find the signal to noise ratio is really low when it comes to AI hype.
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