TLDR Dev · OPINIONS & ADVICE
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AI agents shift the role of docs from organizational memory for humans to execution context for machines. Unlike human engineers who can rely on unwritten institutional knowledge, agents only have their limited context window, forgetting information between sessions. This absence of durable intent leads agents to perpetuate patterns without understanding their underlying reasoning, resulting in "intent debt" and potentially incorrect decisions.