u/sidraarifali

The more I work with Ai agents, the more I notice that the models are getting smarter faster than the tools we have to manage them.
Getting agents running is becoming easier. Managing them long term feels much messier, even when using a managed OpenClaw setup. Once multiple workflows stay active across coding, research, automation and background tasks, I start running into operational problems like: keeping track of active sessions, supervising unfinished work, reviewing outputs and understanding what actually completed successfully.

Feels similar to how software systems become harder to manage operationally as they scale. I am starting to think workflow supervision and organization might become one of the bigger areas around AI agents over the next year.

Has anyone else noticed the same problems when workflows stick around for a while?

I am getting closer to buying a car and trying to prepare as much as I can beforehand. Most advice focuses on price negotiation but I feel like there are smaller details that people overlook, things that don’t seem important at the time but end up costing money later.

It could be something related to paperwork, add-ons, condition or even just not asking the right questions.

If you have already gone through the process, what’s something you missed that you would definitely pay attention to next time?

I recently shifted from OpenClaw to Hermes for building and testing agent workflows. Earlier the main issue was not just experimentation but managing iterations and keeping track of what actually worked across different runs. After moving to managed hosting, the setup side became more stable so I can focus more on testing ideas instead of infrastructure friction.

The unlimited tokens for fast open-source models also make experimentation more flexible instead of constantly worrying about usage limits while testing different agent ideas. Now I am trying to figure out the best way to structure everything when working with multiple agents.

Has anyone here built agents on Hermes? How are you organizing your experiments and handling workflows when things start getting more complex?