Knowledge base
What is an AI agent?
A system that is given a task and chooses its own steps to complete it, within boundaries you set.
Definition
In one paragraph.
An AI agent is a system that is given a task and chooses its own steps to complete it: gathering information, acting, verifying the result, and repeating until the work is done. The difference with a chatbot is the loop: a chatbot answers once, an agent keeps working until it is finished — within boundaries you set.
Why it matters.
The loop is the core
Gather, act, verify, and again on a mistake. That is the difference between an API call and an agent that keeps working.
Not always the answer
Often a boring workflow with fixed steps is better: predictable, testable and cheaper. You choose an agent for real variation.
Boundaries are part of it
A good agent knows what it may not do: irreversible actions require a human.
We wrote a full dossier on it, with worked examples. Read The Loop
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