Anyone else tired of duct-taping tools together just to prep data for AI agents?
Summary
The author shares frustration with duct-taping data prep tools for AI agents and proposes a simpler approach: upload raw files, describe the desired output in plain English, and receive cleaned, structured data ready for agents.
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