Agentic coding
A type of programming where a person gives a goal or loose instructions, and an agent decides its own next steps to plan, write, run and test the code.
Also called
- Agentic engineering
- Agentic software development
Kind of
- Agentic A way of working in which an agent plans and carries out the work, decides its own next steps, and uses tools to complete a task or goal.
Often confused with
- Vibe coding A way of building software where a person describes what they want and accepts the code AI tools write without reading it, judging only whether the result works.
- AI-assisted coding A type of programming where a person decides each step and describes what code to write, and AI tools suggest and complete code based on that instruction.
Related
- Software factory A software development pipeline where people supply the instructions and checks, and agents do most of the building, testing and fixing.
- Full-stack builder A person who uses AI tools to take a product from idea to launch alone, doing the work of a product manager, a designer and an engineer.
How it connects
- Agentic coding is done by a Coding agent