AI Agents Glossary

The model is the part of an AI system that performs the learned task, while the product around it handles the user interface, data, tools, and workflow.

A prompt can be a simple question, a detailed task description, a set of constraints, an example, or a conversation history.

AI agents are often designed to do more than answer once. They may break a task into steps, call tools, check results, and continue until a goal is reached.

Agents are more action-oriented than simple answer systems because they may take multiple steps.

Agentic AI shifts attention from one response to a longer workflow with decisions and actions.

AI chatbots can be helpful for support and discovery, but their answers still need quality checks.