Agentic workflow

A workflow with fixed steps, set by people or code, where a model handles some of the steps and uses judgment inside them.

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.

The other half

  • AI-assisted workflow A workflow where a person decides each step and carries it out, and AI tools help with those steps.

Related

  • Orchestration The coordination and triggering of agents or steps: deciding what runs when, passing results between them, and handling failures.
  • Prompt chaining A simple workflow that uses the output of one prompt as the input of the next.

How it connects

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