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Barry Zhang

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Affiliation recorded at 2024-12-19. Attribution source

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Anthropic · Technical explanation

Erik S. and Barry Zhang describe when predefined workflows suffice and when agents are useful.

Erik S. · Published Dec 19, 2024

Primary source checkedReviewed Sep 17, 2026

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