A category of artificial intelligence systems designed to act autonomously, making decisions and taking actions to achieve goals without requiring step-by-step human instructions. Agentic AI goes beyond passive response generation by proactively planning, using tools, and adapting strategies based on environmental feedback — representing a shift from AI as a tool to AI as a collaborator.
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AI Agent
An autonomous software system powered by a large language model (LLM) that can perceive its environment, make decisions, and take actions to achieve specific goals. Unlike simple chatbots, AI agents can use tools, access external data, maintain context across interactions, and chain multiple reasoning steps together.
Agentic Engineering
The discipline of designing, building, and deploying autonomous AI agent systems that can reason, plan, and execute complex tasks with minimal human oversight. Agentic engineering combines software engineering, AI/ML, and systems design to create production-grade autonomous workflows.
Autonomous Agent
An AI agent capable of independently completing complex, multi-step tasks with minimal human guidance. Autonomous agents can break down goals into subtasks, execute them in sequence or parallel, handle errors, and adapt their approach based on intermediate results — operating much like a skilled human worker.