Agentic AI and Multi-Agent Workflows, Minus the Hype
Everything gets more interesting — and more dangerous — when AI stops just writing text and starts taking actions. These chapters look honestly at agentic workflows: tool use, MCP-style integrations, CI/CD agents, and the shift that happens when an agent holds credentials that can break real systems. The question is no longer "is the answer right" but "what is this thing allowed to do, and who is accountable when it does it."
We also cut through the multi-agent hype. Planner, executor, reviewer, security, and documentation personas can be genuinely useful — and they can also collapse into expensive prompt theater that adds latency and cost without adding judgment. The chapters draw the line between the two.
What you’ll learn
- What changes operationally when AI can take actions instead of just generating text.
- How tool use, MCP-style integrations, and CI/CD agents reshape engineering workflows.
- Where multi-agent systems (planner / executor / reviewer personas) add value — and where they are theater.
- How to reason about permissions and accountability for agents that hold real credentials.
Who it’s for
Engineers and platform teams evaluating agentic and multi-agent tooling who want a realistic, hype-free read on where it helps and where it just adds cost.
Chapters in Agentic & Multi-Agent Workflows
Drawn from the working table of contents of Confidently Wrong. Subject to revision as the manuscript develops.
The Agent Has Permissions Now
A realistic look at agentic workflows, tool use, MCP-style integrations, CI/CD agents, and what changes when AI can take actions instead of just writing text.
Multi-Agent Systems Without the Hype
How planner, executor, reviewer, security, and documentation personas can be useful, and where multi-agent setups become expensive prompt theater.
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These chapters are part of Confidently Wrong — a practical book for DevOps, SRE, platform, and infrastructure engineers on adopting AI safely without giving it unchecked authority over production.
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