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The word "meat proxy" became an insult in two weeks. What nobody said is what to do instead: the four things a person adds between input and output, the 70/30 split, and the share you keep growing on.

Why the same AI agent works for one company and goes off the rails at another. Five failure modes from real 2025–2026 incidents, the five parts of the agent harness, who does the work inside a company, and a ten-minute test.