Agents & architecture · Concept

Agentic AI

A broad label for systems where models select or sequence actions toward an objective; the label does not specify autonomy, tools, or controls.

Example

Ask which actions, observations, permissions, and stop conditions make a system agentic.

The distinction that matters

Informal or overloaded terminology. Ask which implementation and operational behavior the speaker means.

Related terms

Agent · Agentic workflow · Bounded autonomy

Primary references

Informal / variable