“I want to be able to use any agent and I don't want stuff inside their weird folders… I just use text files”

Ben Thompson · Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson · (Preview) All About Agents: Dots Arrive, Google and Apple Questions, Muse Follow-Ups, Super Intelligence, and the Mandate of Heaven

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Store all agent output in plain text files instead of proprietary folders to avoid lock-in

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