In-Context Prompting Obsoletes Agent Orchestration for Procedural Tasks
Directly compares workflow graphs managed by external orchestrators to a single prompt that spells out the whole procedure. For travel, tech support, and claims flows, one big prompt beats complex agent tooling on quality and failure rates. If your product is more orchestration code than prompt, this paper says simplify before you scale. ([arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27891))
Simon Dennis, Michael Diamond