Terms

7 terms

  • Agent memory

    Agent memory is the set of mechanisms that let an AI agent keep, retrieve and update information across steps, sessions and tasks beyond its context window.

  • Agent orchestration

    Agent orchestration is the control layer that sequences, routes and supervises the steps, tools and sub-agents of AI agents in a multi-step task.

  • Agentic AI

    Agentic AI describes AI systems that pursue goals with autonomy, planning steps, calling tools and acting on results with limited human direction.

  • AI agent

    An AI agent is a system that pursues a goal by observing its environment, planning steps and acting through tools in a loop, with limited human…

  • MCP

    MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI agents and assistants connect to external tools, data sources and prompts in a uniform way.

  • Multi-agent system

    A multi-agent system is an AI architecture in which several agents with separate roles, tools and context cooperate or compete to complete a task.

  • Tool calling

    Tool calling lets a language model request external functions with structured arguments, so AI agents can fetch data and take actions beyond text generation.