Glossary term
Glossary term
Architecture
A workflow where one or more AI agents make dynamic decisions during execution.
A dynamic process in which an agent autonomously plans and executes actions to achieve a goal. The process may involve reasoning, invoking external tools, and self-correcting its plan.
Anthropic's Claude.ai Projects uses an agentic workflow for multi-step research: the agent decomposes a question, performs iterative web searches, evaluates source quality, and synthesises findings - adapting the plan as results arrive.
Zapier's AI-powered Zaps combine deterministic triggers (new Salesforce lead) with agentic reasoning steps (classify lead quality, personalise outreach message) in a single automation.
A supply-chain agentic workflow at Maersk monitors vessel tracking data, detects schedule deviation, re-plans cargo connections, notifies affected parties, and updates ERP systems - adapting dynamically to real-time data.
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A finance team runs an agentic workflow that pulls invoices from email, classifies them, posts them to NetSuite, and flags exceptions for human review.
A recruiting team automates candidate sourcing with an agentic workflow that searches LinkedIn, scores fit, drafts personalized outreach, and books screens.
A customer success team uses an agentic workflow to monitor product telemetry, write health-check summaries, and assemble the QBR deck for each enterprise account.
Definition source: Google for Developers Machine Learning Glossary | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License