The Agentic Mesh Podcast

Agentic Process Automation: Design Considerations


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What if agents could do more than assist developers — what if they became trusted participants in enterprise business processes?

In this episode, we explore Agentic Process Automation (APA) and why it’s the next step beyond personal AI agents. While coding agents operate under individual credentials and user interfaces, enterprise agents must run headless, integrate across SaaS platforms, and meet strict governance, identity, and trust requirements.

We discuss:

  • Personal vs. enterprise agents

  • Why brittle integrations and hard-coded logic fall short

  • How agents can fill the “white space” between systems like Salesforce, Workday, and ServiceNow

  • The importance of knowledge engineering and shared business context

  • Why “Know Your Agent” (KYA) and agent governance are essential at scale

Agents aren’t just automation tools — they can reason, handle ambiguity, and operate 24/7 within structured business processes. But doing that safely requires new architectural thinking.

If you're building enterprise AI systems, modernizing integrations, or exploring multi-agent ecosystems, this episode is for you.


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The Agentic Mesh PodcastBy Eric Broda and John Miller