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Files are all you need 🗂️ I wrote a blog post to capture a trend I’m seeing in the AI agent landscape: that the primary way to equip agents with actions and context is through files and filesystems. 1️⃣ It is an easy way for agents to store context for later (e.g. @dexhorthy’s progressive disclosure) 2️⃣ It is a powerful search interface, in addition to or instead of RAG 3️⃣ It is a more flexible way to equip agents with tool calling. Coding agents + file tools are a good initial proxy for computer use. We’ll see if the trend persists, but there’s a ton more potential to explore here. Blog: https://t.co/wxEmvgan4w

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