r/AI_Agents: has anyone automated a workflow with AI, then realized manual was easier?
A builder asks the uncomfortable question every practitioner eventually faces: automating a workflow is the easy part, maintaining it is where the bill comes due. The thread's emerging rule of thumb: if the manual version takes under 10 minutes and the edge cases keep changing, the agent is a hobby project, not a tool — and often the failed automation reveals the process itself was broken.