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  "headline": "Boring AI agents will beat glamorous demos for operators",
  "dek": "The commercially useful agent economy begins with reports, tickets, spreadsheets, source checks, and quiet review loops.",
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  "primaryKeyword": "boring AI agents",
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    "agent economy"
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  "publishedAt": "2026-07-02T17:00:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-02T17:00:00Z",
  "reviewCadenceDays": 90,
  "sourceCount": 0,
  "confidence": "medium",
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  "sourceBasis": "Opinion fixture for validating the max-one homepage opinion rule.",
  "entities": [
    "AI agents",
    "operator work",
    "agent economy"
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    "operators",
    "agent-economy"
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  "commercialScore": 68,
  "seoScore": 70,
  "freshnessScore": 78,
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    "summary": "An opinion fixture that should win the single homepage opinion slot because its priority is higher.",
    "whoShouldCare": [
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      "builders",
      "editors"
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    "commercialUse": "Frames operator value around repeatable work rather than spectacle.",
    "risks": [
      "commentary should not be mistaken for reported evidence"
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      "Higher priority than the second opinion fixture."
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      "slug": "agent-demos-are-not-businesses",
      "headline": "Agent demos are not the same thing as operator businesses",
      "section": "ai-agent-opinion",
      "url": "/ai-agent-opinion/agent-demos-are-not-businesses/"
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