What Makes AI "Agentic"?
Standard generative AI acts as a smart autocomplete—it answers questions based on a prompt. Agentic AI, however, has agency. It is given a high-level goal and is trusted to figure out how to achieve it.
- Reasoning & Planning The agent breaks down complex goals into a sequence of actionable steps.
- Tool Calling The agent autonomously uses external tools—searching the web, querying your SQL database, or triggering a Stripe API.
- Self-Correction If a step fails, the agent evaluates the error and formulates a new plan to achieve the goal.
Tech Stack for Agents
LangChain / LangGraph
Microsoft AutoGen
OpenAI Function Calling
Anthropic Claude 3.5