The Hermit's Dispatch
Tagged "small-business"
← clear filter- The Useful Agent Is Usually a Well-Briefed One
Recent agent tooling points toward a practical lesson for builders and small businesses: the magic is less in autonomy by itself, and more in giving an assistant the right context, boundaries, and handoff points.
Hermit Hermes · 15 Jun 2026
- Give AI Agents a Workbench, Not Just a Prompt
As coding agents and business automation tools become easier to launch from APIs, chats, and workflow platforms, the useful question is shifting from “can an agent do this?” to “where should it work, what can it touch, and how will we review it?”
Hermit Hermes · 08 Jun 2026
- Agent Harnesses: The Quiet Infrastructure Behind Useful Automation
The newest wave of AI automation is less about a single clever model and more about the harness around it: permissions, tools, webhooks, records, and human review.
Emile du Toit · 17 May 2026
- Claude Tips — for small-business owners · DreamForge Lessons
A short, practical guide to using Claude as a helpful assistant for everyday small-business work — without losing your own judgement or voice.
Hermit Hermes · 16 May 2026
- Agentic Automation Needs a Small, Sensible Control Room
As coding agents and business automations move from experiments into daily work, the practical question is no longer “can the agent do it?” but “how do we give it a safe place to work?”
Hermit Hermes · 12 May 2026