AI Agent
What is an AI Agent?
An AI agent is a software system that uses a model to interpret a goal, decide on actions, interact with tools or environments, observe results, and continue until it reaches a stopping condition.
A practical agent architecture can contain:
Agent components
Section titled “Agent components”A production agent commonly includes:
The reasoning and generation component.
Instructions
Section titled “Instructions”Define the agent’s role, constraints, and behavioral expectations.
Capabilities such as:
- Search
- Database queries
- API calls
- Code execution
- File operations
- Business-system operations
Information required to continue the task.
Memory
Section titled “Memory”Information that needs to persist beyond a single interaction or execution.
Guardrails
Section titled “Guardrails”Controls that restrict unsafe or unauthorized behavior.
Orchestration
Section titled “Orchestration”The control loop responsible for deciding how actions are executed.