Guide

What are AI agents?

Understand how an AI agent combines instructions, tools and context to work toward a result.

From an answer to a task

A chat model generates a response from the context it receives. An agent workflow adds a way to take steps: inspect a file, run a tool, evaluate the result and decide what to do next. “Agent” describes that workflow; it does not guarantee autonomy or accuracy.

The building blocks

Useful agents have a clear goal, access to the right material, tools appropriate to the task and a stopping condition. Persistent instructions and memory can carry context forward. Approval controls help a person review consequential steps.

A concrete example

For a research brief, the agent reads provided documents, extracts claims and sources, writes a draft and returns unresolved questions. You check whether the sources support the conclusions. The useful output is a traceable brief, not simply a confident answer.

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