
From under 5% to 40% in one year. Gartner predicts an eightfold increase in AI agent adoption across enterprise apps, while 88% of companies using AI still struggle to show bottom-line impact.

Epic just put three AI agents on stage at HIMSS 2026. Art writes notes. Penny handles billing. Emmie talks to patients. The validation strategy was absent.

The protocol that lets AI agents use tools also gave attackers a new attack surface. January 2026 showed us how bad it can get.

The file that tells your AI agent how to behave has become the highest-leverage artifact in your entire workflow. Not the code. The configuration.