What makes AI agents only half as smart?

They nail code from issues but miss the business 'why'—product strategy, past failures, customer drivers—that lives outside repos.

How do you fix AI agent bottlenecks?

Separate system context (in code) from business context (centralized ledger). Make agents query both before acting.

Git culture tracks changes, not reasons. Agile skips docs. Metrics love PR counts, hate nuance. Word count: ~950.

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DevTools Feed Apr 03, 2026 4 min read 14 views

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AI agents automate code brilliantly but amplify the 'business context' bottleneck. 𝕏
Separate system 'how' from business 'why'—don't cram both in repos. 𝕏
Without fixes, agent speed will burn out your human pillars faster. 𝕏

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