An AI system that independently plans and executes multi-step tasks by using tools, making decisions and adapting along the way.
An AI agent is a system that not only responds to individual questions but actively plans and executes tasks across multiple steps. The agent can use tools (search, code execution, APIApplication Programming Interface - standardised interface that allows two systems to communicate with each other. calls), evaluate results and adjust its plan along the way. What distinguishes an agent from a regular chatbot is the ability to act autonomously towards a goal.
Large Language Model - AI model trained on large text data that can understand and generate human language, such as GPT-4 and Claude.
AIAgentic Development →Development methodology where autonomous AI agents plan and execute multi-step tasks without manual intervention at each step.
AIMCP →Open protocol from Anthropic enabling AI agents to communicate with external tools and data sources in a standardised way.
AIClaude Code →Anthropic's AI coding assistant - integrated into the terminal and IDEs for agentic software development.