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Don’t Build the Agent — Raise It: The Nurture‑First Paradigm for AI Expertise

The agent did not fail because it was stupid An AI agent can summarize the market, search the web, draft a memo, call an API, and still be almost useless in professional work. Not because the model is weak. Not because the workflow lacks one more tool integration. Not because someone forgot to add a longer system prompt beginning with “You are a world-class analyst,” the oldest spell in the modern prompt-engineering grimoire. ...

March 13, 2026 · 17 min · Zelina