Monolithic Agents Are Dead
The all-in-one AI agent is the new monolith. It will fail for exactly the same reasons monolithic software failed.
The industry is building monolithic AI agents: one system that reads, writes, decides, audits, and publishes. It does everything. It is accountable for nothing.
We learned this lesson twenty years ago in software engineering. Monolithic applications were faster to build and impossible to maintain. The industry moved to microservices: small, focused units with clear boundaries and defined contracts.
AI agents need the same evolution. One agent for research. One for quality checks. One for publishing. Each with a clear scope and a traceable output.
When a monolithic agent fails, everything fails. When a specialised agent fails, you know exactly where to look.
Composability beats capability. Every time.