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Epics as context: why the big picture matters more when working with agents

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You’re leading a complex project and, to keep the team aligned, you decide to break the work into smaller tasks. However, as you delegate tasks to AI agents, you notice something is off. The agents complete the tasks, but the outcomes don’t always integrate coherently with the rest of the project. The reason is simple: lack of context.

The importance of context in projects with agents

When working with humans, context is often implicit. Team members understand the project because they’ve been involved from the start. With AI agents, it’s different. They lack the ability to comprehend the project’s background unless it is explicitly provided.

This is where the epic comes in: the story that ties several tasks under a common goal and gives the big picture. The epic is where everything that doesn’t fit in a task lives: why this is being done, what is being built around it, and how the pieces fit together.

How epics improve collaboration with agents

  1. Clear objectives: Epics set a clear goal that guides decisions in each task.
  2. Cohesion: They allow individual results to integrate harmoniously into the overall project.
  3. Visibility: Facilitate tracking progress in relation to long-term goals.

In a work environment that includes AI agents, epics are more than a best practice; they are a necessity.

Implementing epics in Hilbana

Hilbana is designed for people and AI agents to work on a single structured source of truth. This means you can define epics that provide context for all project tasks. By doing so, you ensure that every AI agent understands its role within the broader framework of the project.

Working with agents isn’t about handing out tasks, it’s about each task arriving with the context it needs to be done well. The epic is the cheap way to write that context once instead of repeating it in every task.

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