What an agent is
The tool result identifies draft D4 and its state. Check that evidence and stop without taking extra actions.
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The ideas to retain
A scale of autonomy
1. Direct response
The user asks a question and the model generates an output. The system may retrieve information first, but the work sequence is fixed outside the model. A ticket classifier or a function…
2. Deterministic workflow
The system chains known steps: retrieve documents, call a model, validate JSON, and store the result. It can be complex and valuable without being an agent. Its advantage is that the path…
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00:00 — A workflow can be enough.
Retrieval, validation and storage can follow a known path.
Data moves through those stages without the model choosing the sequence.
A complex flow does not become an agent merely by being complex.
Illustrative example, not production measurements.
00:22 — A proposal is not authorization.
The copilot prepares a message and shows who would receive it.
The draft waits for approval of that specific action.
The person retains control of the consequential external step.
Illustrative example, not production measurements.
00:44 — Choose actions from the observation.
Ask when the customer is missing; query invoices once the customer is identified.
The objective stays fixed even when the next tool changes.
Policy limits the options available at each decision.
Illustrative example, not production measurements.
01:06 — The model proposes. The runtime executes.
The model produces a proposed call with a name and arguments.
The runtime validates the contract and authority before calling the API.
It then returns the actual result to the decision context.
Illustrative example, not production measurements.
01:28 — Permissions name concrete operations.
A support agent can read orders for the authorized customer.
That does not let it delete records or grant itself write access.
Express autonomy as resources and actions, not as a label.
Illustrative example, not production measurements.
01:50 — Define what proves the task is complete.
The objective asks for a saved draft, not a sent message.
The tool result identifies draft D4 and its state.
Check that evidence and stop without taking extra actions.
Illustrative example, not production measurements.
