how to scale AI agents in production workflows when the underlying business process is broken?
Summary
A practitioner shares challenges scaling multi-agent AI systems in production, including dealing with shadow workflows (undocumented Slack threads and spreadsheets), context loss across different systems (ERP to CRM), and cross-departmental ownership issues. They seek advice from others who have navigated these real-world problems.
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