Vikash Agrawal

AWS @ Amazon , ex - Dream11, • Google Summer of Code - 2011, 2012, 2013

[Vikash Agrawal @know_vikash]

Is Prompt Engineering still relevant in 2026, or Not really? 🤔

[Clare Liguori @clare_liguori]

I tested 5 approaches to guiding AI agent behavior across 3,000 eval runs to see what actually makes agents reliable. Strands steering hooks was the only one that hit 100% accuracy

Here's how it works:
The key is just-in-time guidance for the model before tool calls and at the end of a turn. Steering handlers observe what the agent is doing and intervene only when the model is about to go off track.

Full results and code in the post

https://t.co/Gv6enSII6a

[morgan @MorgantWillis]

You don't need to spend a bunch of money to try openclaw. Amazon Lightsail just released a blueprint for it that you can run for as little as $12/month + whatever tokens you consume. It's also easy to setup. See tutorial here: https://t.co/kKkOAYbRWt

[Bo Wang @BoWang87]

Prof. Donald Knuth opened his new paper with "Shock! Shock!"

Claude Opus 4.6 had just solved an open problem he'd been working on for weeks — a graph decomposition conjecture from The Art of Computer Programming.

He named the paper "Claude's Cycles."

31 explorations. ~1 hour. Knuth read the output, wrote the formal proof, and closed with: "It seems I'll have to revise my opinions about generative AI one of these days."

The man who wrote the bible of computer science just said that. In a paper named after an AI.

Paper: https://t.co/juSOmK9vOt

[Swami Sivasubramanian @SwamiSivasubram]

Today @AWScloud is pushing the frontier of agent development with the launch of Strands Labs—a new GitHub org for experimental agentic AI projects. Push the frontier of agentic development and get started with one of three agent development projects in our new Git organization ➡️ https://t.co/FG8RSwxAuq

Excited to see what you'll build with Strands Labs.

[justinmk @justinmk]

> Open source is a form of cognitive surplus.

[Vikash Agrawal @know_vikash]

Bonus: Stop evangelizing. Start building!🎉

#GenerativeAI #Automation #FutureOfWork

[Vikash Agrawal @know_vikash]

80% of AI adoption fails because leaders don't use the tools they're pushing.

How my team increased GenAI adoption from 40% → 100% in 4 months using 5 simple strategies.

Here's what worked 🧵 (1/7)

#GenerativeAI #Leadership #TechLeadership #EngineeringLeadership

[Vikash Agrawal @know_vikash]

7/7

5. If you can SOP it, you can automate it

Best predictor of AI success? Clear instructions. Break problems into step-by-step processes first.

AI is great at following structured instructions.

Full post: https://t.co/mjwqEcy77o

#GenerativeAI

[Vikash Agrawal @know_vikash]

This is incredible. Thank you having me @swyx. The event was very well thought out! Kudos 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[swyx @swyx]

just when you thought we were done with AIE...

here's Wave 2 of the AIE Online talks! (basically people who submitted late but still submitted haha)

https://t.co/Iv0TEyW1Kv

from @ProgramWithAi , @vmelnikova_en, @aparnadhinak, @kozerafilip, @know_vikash, @lambdapocalypse and more!

[Vikash Agrawal @know_vikash]

🤔📧 What would you do if you meant to send a high-priority email to leadership but accidentally sent a calendar invite instead? 📅😬

And what if that person is 8️⃣ hours ahead in their timezone? 🌍💼

#HappyDiwali

[justinmk @justinmk]

Things you can* do with a text UI (TUI):
https://t.co/IbF8YL8ZXT

* and should

[Vikash Agrawal @know_vikash]

/dev in Amazon Q Developer is definitely a super power!

[John Rush @johnrushx]

[A Crash]

We get to the top of the world but one day all our dreams crash...

to be continued...

[Vikash Agrawal @know_vikash]

Excited to join Suman Debnath at the Generative AI Hackathon on Sept 7th at AWS Loft SF! 🚀 Let’s collaborate, innovate, and explore the future of AI. I'll also be sharing insights on Amazon Q Developer. Don't miss it!

🔗 https://t.co/EZJCGPiY8I

#AWS #AmazonQ #GenerativeAI