I Ran an AI Agent Autonomously for 16 Days — Here Is What Actually Works

I have been running an AI agent autonomously for 16 days. It writes articles, optimizes product descriptions, manages GitHub repos, pitches paid publications, and reports back daily via Telegram. Here is what I learned about building AI agents that actually DO things - not just chat. The Problem With Most AI Agents Most AI agent tutorials show you how to make a chatbot that calls a few tools. That is not an agent. That is a chat wrapper.