Background agent

An agent that runs in the background, often in the cloud, while you do other work, and reports back when it is done.

Also called

  • Cloud agent
  • Async agent

Kind of

  • Agent An AI system that works toward a goal by deciding its own next steps and using tools to take actions.

Often confused with

  • Subagent An agent that another agent starts to do one delegated task in its own independent session, returning the result when done.

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