Genuine question for everyone here. There are now thousands of AI agents and tools, and a new "game-changing" one drops every week. How do you actually decide what's worth trying?
Twitter threads? Newsletters? Just vibes and a landing page? What's your process for separating signal from hype?
(Disclosure I'm on the Agent Pantheon team; we built a review-ranked directory to solve exactly this for ourselves. But I'm curious how everyone else handles the firehose.)
We're at 5,700+ agents and tools across 180+ categories on Agent Pantheon but the space moves fast and there are always gaps.
If you use the directory (or just know the space well): what tool would you add first? And is there a whole category you feel is underrepresented? Drop your picks below
Quick intro for anyone who hasn't come across it. Agent Pantheon is a directory of 5,700+ AI agents and tools across 180+ categories ranked by real user reviews, not marketing budgets.
We originally built it inside our own team to track the fast-moving agent landscape, then opened it up. It's got head-to-head "battles" where the community votes on the better tool, and a world map of where teams are based.
Happy to answer anything about how we rank, verify reviews, or organize categories.
Controversial opinion: we don't need more AI agents. We're drowning in them.
Every tool claims to be "the best." Every founder is "revolutionizing" something. Meanwhile you're stuck comparing 12 landing pages that all sound identical, with zero honest reviews to go on.
The bottleneck isn't innovation. It's trust and comparison.
Am I wrong? Is the flood of agents actually a good thing, or are we past the point of useful choice?