How to Design Agentic Systems Around the Implicit Rules that Govern Your Company

How to Design Agentic Systems Around the Implicit Rules that Govern Your Company
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As companies rush to deploy AI agents, they are discovering that much of their most important organizational intelligence lives outside formal systems and documented processes. Examples from

A high-net-worth client called her financial services firm to update her beneficiary designations—a routine task. The AI routing agent classified it correctly, operations processed it, and a communication agent confirmed completion with a standard template. Every part of the system worked as designed.

A real estate agent assists a client with home buying paperwork indoors.
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