Guide

AI agents

IBM · ibm.com

IBM's plain-language guide to how agents plan, use tools and remember, with business examples.

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It answers 2 questions

  1. What actually is an AI agent, in plain language?
  2. Why would a founder use agents instead of a chatbot or automation?

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  1. The clearest primary definition: workflows run on predefined code paths, agents let the model direct its own process and tools,... anthropic.com Guide Building effective agents Anthropic
  2. OpenAI's guide to what an agent is (model, tools, instructions), when one is worth building, and the guardrails it needs. cdn.openai.com Guide A practical guide to building agents (PDF) OpenAI
  3. Video AI Agents, Clearly Explained Jeff Su
  4. Lays out the six behaviors that separate a real agent from an ordinary AI tool. lennysnewsletter.com Podcast Make product management fun again with AI agents Lenny's Podcast (Hamza Farooq, Jaya Rajwani)
  5. Video What's next for AI agentic workflows Sequoia Capital / Andrew Ng
  6. The thread that made agentic the word of the year, with the reasoning attached. x.com Thread Andrew Ng: agentic workflows will drive massive AI progress Andrew Ng
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