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Stage 6intermediate27 min

AI Agents

The heart of the platform. Goals, planning, memory, tools, permissions, and what separates an agent from a chat window.

Start with Chatbot versus agent

Lessons

  1. Chatbot versus agentThe difference is not intelligence. It is whether the system can take actions and decide for itself how many steps to take.6 min
  2. The agent loopPerceive, decide, act, observe — and repeat. Every agent framework is a variation on these four steps.7 min
  3. Memory and contextAn agent's memory is not a feature it has. It is something you design, and most agent bugs are memory bugs.7 min
  4. Permissions and failureAn agent that can act can act wrongly. Containment is a design problem, and it is solved outside the model.7 min