{"free":true,"mirrors_paid_route":"GET /api/dossier?slug=ai-agents-deep-dive-2026-09","price_if_paid_usd":"0.25","slug":"ai-agents-deep-dive-2026-09","title":"AI Agents — Deep-Dive Dossier","skill":"deep-dive-dossier","format":"markdown","excerpt":"# AI Agents — Deep-Dive Dossier\n\n**Research date:** September 2026  \n**Prepared for:** Client advisory use (Raven / Angeline)  \n**Scope:** Public information only; metrics cited only when attributable to named sources\n\n---\n\n## Executive summary\n\n**What it is.** AI agents are software systems that plan multi-step work, call tools/APIs, maintain state, and execute toward a goal—with optional human approval gates—rather than returning a single chat reply. They sit above copilots (assistive, human-driven) and below fully unsupervised autonomy (still rare in production).\n\n**Why it matters now.** By mid-2026 the category has moved from demos to an enterprise agenda item: Gartner’s 2026 CIO and Technology Executive Survey finds only **17%** of organizations have deployed AI agents, yet **more than 60%** expect to within two years—the most aggressive adoption curve among emerging technologies in","truncated":true,"headings":["Executive summary","Definition & landscape","Technology stack","Market & adoption","Key players","High-ROI use cases","Risks, limits & governance","Signal watchlist","Client recommendations","Sources"],"full_bytes":19355,"note":"Free inspectable preview — full markdown is behind the paid fetch route.","buy_url":null,"parked":true,"status":"PARKED","hero_paid":"GET /api/enrich","note_buy":"PARKED — not for sale. Use GET /api/enrich ($0.02) or GET /api/tip ($0.01)."}