Kyle
@kylematthies.bsky.social
AI Strategy | Agentic Workflows | Tech Leadership | Automation
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Why docs fail: Good docs are time consuming to develop and maintain. If the 'why' isn't captured, new teams re-learn old lessons. People don't update docs. LLMs draft/refactor, but only if you have structured truth + metadata. Full playbook 👇
Part 2 — From Tribal Knowledge to Agent-Ready
Process Maps + Knowledge Stores
kylematthies.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Why docs fail: Good docs are time consuming to develop and maintain. If the 'why' isn't captured, new teams re-learn old lessons. People don't update docs. LLMs draft/refactor, but only if you have structured truth + metadata. Full playbook 👇
Quick guide to RAG platforms:
LlamaIndex — prototype fast, full control
LangChain — multi-agent orchestration
Pinecone/Weaviate — high-volume vector storage
Azure/Vertex RAG — regulated enterprise
Elastic hybrid — keyword + vector search
kylematthies.substack.com/p/part-2-fro...
LlamaIndex — prototype fast, full control
LangChain — multi-agent orchestration
Pinecone/Weaviate — high-volume vector storage
Azure/Vertex RAG — regulated enterprise
Elastic hybrid — keyword + vector search
kylematthies.substack.com/p/part-2-fro...
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Quick guide to RAG platforms:
LlamaIndex — prototype fast, full control
LangChain — multi-agent orchestration
Pinecone/Weaviate — high-volume vector storage
Azure/Vertex RAG — regulated enterprise
Elastic hybrid — keyword + vector search
kylematthies.substack.com/p/part-2-fro...
LlamaIndex — prototype fast, full control
LangChain — multi-agent orchestration
Pinecone/Weaviate — high-volume vector storage
Azure/Vertex RAG — regulated enterprise
Elastic hybrid — keyword + vector search
kylematthies.substack.com/p/part-2-fro...
"We already have docs" ≠ ready for agents.
Real process = spaghetti:
• Approval loops
• Threshold triggers
• Friday cutoffs
• The "ask Sam" step
If your map doesn't show where humans MUST approve, it's not real.
Agents need workflow truth, not fantasy.
open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
Real process = spaghetti:
• Approval loops
• Threshold triggers
• Friday cutoffs
• The "ask Sam" step
If your map doesn't show where humans MUST approve, it's not real.
Agents need workflow truth, not fantasy.
open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
Part 2 — From Tribal Knowledge to Agent-Ready
Process Maps + Knowledge Stores
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"We already have docs" ≠ ready for agents.
Real process = spaghetti:
• Approval loops
• Threshold triggers
• Friday cutoffs
• The "ask Sam" step
If your map doesn't show where humans MUST approve, it's not real.
Agents need workflow truth, not fantasy.
open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
Real process = spaghetti:
• Approval loops
• Threshold triggers
• Friday cutoffs
• The "ask Sam" step
If your map doesn't show where humans MUST approve, it's not real.
Agents need workflow truth, not fantasy.
open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
Your agents are only as good as your documentation.
If the "why" behind decisions never got captured, if your process maps don't show approval loops, if pages are 5000 words of everything — your agents will hallucinate, skip steps, and sound incompetent. open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
If the "why" behind decisions never got captured, if your process maps don't show approval loops, if pages are 5000 words of everything — your agents will hallucinate, skip steps, and sound incompetent. open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
November 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Your agents are only as good as your documentation.
If the "why" behind decisions never got captured, if your process maps don't show approval loops, if pages are 5000 words of everything — your agents will hallucinate, skip steps, and sound incompetent. open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
If the "why" behind decisions never got captured, if your process maps don't show approval loops, if pages are 5000 words of everything — your agents will hallucinate, skip steps, and sound incompetent. open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
Copilots assist. RPA repeats. Agents think.
Part 1 of The Agentic Enterprise breaks down how to tell them apart—and where to actually trust autonomy.
open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
Part 1 of The Agentic Enterprise breaks down how to tell them apart—and where to actually trust autonomy.
open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
The Agentic Enterprise
Agents, Orchestration, and the Right Work to Automate
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Copilots assist. RPA repeats. Agents think.
Part 1 of The Agentic Enterprise breaks down how to tell them apart—and where to actually trust autonomy.
open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
Part 1 of The Agentic Enterprise breaks down how to tell them apart—and where to actually trust autonomy.
open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
AI workslop is real but the problem is bad management. LLMs aren’t magic tools, they’re junior teammates. ICs have to step into the manager’s chair: set outcomes, decompose tasks, write briefs, coach, fact-check, and package. That’s a skill gap.
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The Future of ICs Is Management (of AIs)
TL;DR: Most “AI slop” comes from treating models like magic tools instead of junior teammates.
open.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
AI workslop is real but the problem is bad management. LLMs aren’t magic tools, they’re junior teammates. ICs have to step into the manager’s chair: set outcomes, decompose tasks, write briefs, coach, fact-check, and package. That’s a skill gap.
open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
open.substack.com/pub/kylematt...
If it were easy, the gurus would stop selling courses. The Solopreneur Trap → medium.com/@kyle.matthi... #ai #startups
The Solopreneur Trap
Why “Obvious” Startup Ideas Don’t Survive Unit Economics
medium.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If it were easy, the gurus would stop selling courses. The Solopreneur Trap → medium.com/@kyle.matthi... #ai #startups
Leave it to Manus - the AI that doesn't just think, it delivers results. Join with my invitation link: manus.im/invitation/C...
Manus
Manus is a general AI agent that turns your thoughts into actions. It excels at various tasks in work and life, getting everything done while you rest.
manus.im
April 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Leave it to Manus - the AI that doesn't just think, it delivers results. Join with my invitation link: manus.im/invitation/C...
While everyone is focusing on Canada not wanting to become the 51st state remember Republicans would never approve, it would clearly favor the Democratic Party and the US would no longer be a 50/50 nation. Don’t fall for the distractions. @mcuban.bsky.social @cnn.com @msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While everyone is focusing on Canada not wanting to become the 51st state remember Republicans would never approve, it would clearly favor the Democratic Party and the US would no longer be a 50/50 nation. Don’t fall for the distractions. @mcuban.bsky.social @cnn.com @msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com
Assistant President Trump isn’t forgetting history, he’s ignorant of it and there’s a critical difference.
Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum.
Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum.
February 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Assistant President Trump isn’t forgetting history, he’s ignorant of it and there’s a critical difference.
Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum.
Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum.
#CanadaWillBeFine supply chains will adjust, domestic production will increase, new trade partners will emerge, and when #AssistantPresidentTrump decides to stop this Humpty Dumpty won’t be put back together again.
February 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#CanadaWillBeFine supply chains will adjust, domestic production will increase, new trade partners will emerge, and when #AssistantPresidentTrump decides to stop this Humpty Dumpty won’t be put back together again.
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RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
February 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
@squawkstreet.bsky.social Cramer says buy #tsla because it’s a domestic company? Explain that when the core domestic consumer base is reacting to President Elon’s actions and foreign markets will target #tesla for retaliation to #AssistantPresidentTrump tariffs 🤣🤣🤣 @mcuban.bsky.social HELP!!!
February 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@squawkstreet.bsky.social Cramer says buy #tsla because it’s a domestic company? Explain that when the core domestic consumer base is reacting to President Elon’s actions and foreign markets will target #tesla for retaliation to #AssistantPresidentTrump tariffs 🤣🤣🤣 @mcuban.bsky.social HELP!!!
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One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
February 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The most fascinating thing about this mess is watching the @squawkstreet.bsky.social team try to make sense of this.
February 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The most fascinating thing about this mess is watching the @squawkstreet.bsky.social team try to make sense of this.
What if all the videos I watch on YouTube are fake AI and everything I like or comment on categorizes me for someone who’s tracking those things.
December 25, 2024 at 8:28 AM
What if all the videos I watch on YouTube are fake AI and everything I like or comment on categorizes me for someone who’s tracking those things.
Listening to a commentator during the #psu #smu game say “I’m not sure we’re seeing the second best team in the ACC…” how many teams do we need if you’re now arguing over the second best team in the ACC… how many blowouts do we need for Christmas?
kermit the frog is driving a car and says really ?
ALT: kermit the frog is driving a car and says really ?
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Getting into the Christmas spirit sure is expensive.
December 1, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Getting into the Christmas spirit sure is expensive.
One day when I no longer exist, I’ll laugh at the things I choose to worry about and cry about the things I missed.
November 29, 2024 at 9:14 AM
One day when I no longer exist, I’ll laugh at the things I choose to worry about and cry about the things I missed.
Ever get caught in a loop of exploring productivity tools, building a new process and then using the process to research new productivity tools 🤣🤣🤣
November 28, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Ever get caught in a loop of exploring productivity tools, building a new process and then using the process to research new productivity tools 🤣🤣🤣
#adhd So many ideas so little time #getnothingdone
November 28, 2024 at 5:02 PM
#adhd So many ideas so little time #getnothingdone
When did Yellowstone become an hour of cowboy porn?
November 27, 2024 at 4:24 AM
When did Yellowstone become an hour of cowboy porn?
I’m looking forward to the day when I open BlueSky and it’s not full of wow I’m so glad to be off Twitter.
Have we decided what to call BlueSkys? BS? BlueSky makes me think of birds and Tweets is available, just saying.
Have we decided what to call BlueSkys? BS? BlueSky makes me think of birds and Tweets is available, just saying.
November 27, 2024 at 1:51 AM
I’m looking forward to the day when I open BlueSky and it’s not full of wow I’m so glad to be off Twitter.
Have we decided what to call BlueSkys? BS? BlueSky makes me think of birds and Tweets is available, just saying.
Have we decided what to call BlueSkys? BS? BlueSky makes me think of birds and Tweets is available, just saying.
Honest question: why do people hate AI? Is it:
A) Not useful
B) Threatens creativity
C) They took our jobs!
D) Dangerous
E) Overhyped snake oil
F) All of the above
G) Something else?
H) I love it, what’s to hate?
I get the annoyance of slapping “AI” on everything, but I’m curious—what’s your take?
A) Not useful
B) Threatens creativity
C) They took our jobs!
D) Dangerous
E) Overhyped snake oil
F) All of the above
G) Something else?
H) I love it, what’s to hate?
I get the annoyance of slapping “AI” on everything, but I’m curious—what’s your take?
November 27, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Honest question: why do people hate AI? Is it:
A) Not useful
B) Threatens creativity
C) They took our jobs!
D) Dangerous
E) Overhyped snake oil
F) All of the above
G) Something else?
H) I love it, what’s to hate?
I get the annoyance of slapping “AI” on everything, but I’m curious—what’s your take?
A) Not useful
B) Threatens creativity
C) They took our jobs!
D) Dangerous
E) Overhyped snake oil
F) All of the above
G) Something else?
H) I love it, what’s to hate?
I get the annoyance of slapping “AI” on everything, but I’m curious—what’s your take?