Marginalia.
Notes from the agency on agentic AI — what it is, where agents earn their place, and the fluency to direct them. Longer reads alongside ModernEncy, our free encyclopædia of AI-learning prompts.
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4 July 2026 · 7 min read
You don't need an AI strategy. You need agentic AI fluency.
Most AI strategies gather dust — because the bottleneck was never the plan. It's fluency. Here's why agentic AI fluency beats another roadmap, and what it looks like in practice.
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2 July 2026 · 4 min read
Agentic AI vs generative AI: what the shift actually means for your business
Generative AI answers. Agentic AI acts. The difference isn't pedantry — it changes where humans sit, what you can delegate, and how it goes wrong. Here's the plain-English version.
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28 June 2026 · 4 min read
Where agents actually earn their place: an honest map of agentic AI use cases
Most 'agentic AI use case' lists are wishlists, not maps. Here's an honest, function-by-function guide to where agents earn their place — and where it's still hype.
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24 June 2026 · 4 min read
Multi-agent systems without the hype: how teams of AI agents actually work together
'Multi-agent' sounds like science fiction. It's mostly good management applied to software. A plain-English guide to how teams of AI agents work — and when you actually need one.
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20 June 2026 · 4 min read
When your AI has to stay in the building: on-premise and air-gapped agents, explained
For most companies the cloud is fine. For some, sending the data off-site is a non-starter. A guide to private, on-premise and air-gapped agentic AI — and the hardware reality behind it.
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