What Are AI Agents?

Autonomous AI Systems

AI Agents are autonomous systems that perceive, reason, and act to accomplish goals.

Agent Architecture

┌─────────────┐
│  Perception │ ← Input from environment
└──────┬──────┘
       ↓
┌─────────────┐
│   Memory    │ ← Store experiences
└──────┬──────┘
       ↓
┌─────────────┐
│  Reasoning  │ ← Plan and decide
└──────┬──────┘
       ↓
┌─────────────┐
│   Action    │ → Execute tools/tasks
└─────────────┘

Why Multi-Agent?

Single agents have limits. Multi-agent systems:

• Divide complex tasks
• Provide checks and balances
• Enable specialization
• Handle parallel work

Use Cases

| Use Case | Agents | |----------|--------| | Research | Researcher + Analyst + Writer | | Customer Support | Triage + Specialist + QA | | Content Creation | Strategist + Writer + Editor | | Data Analysis | Collector + Cleaner + Analyst |

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