Glossary term
Glossary term
Architecture
Breaking a goal into steps before or during execution.
OpenAI's Swarm framework separates a planner agent that builds a step-by-step research plan (search → extract → synthesise → format) from executor agents that carry out each step independently.
HuggingGPT uses a planner to decompose multi-modal tasks (e.g., 'describe this image and translate to French') into subtask sequences routed to specialist models.
A supply-chain optimisation agent plans procurement actions - identify shortage → search supplier catalogue → compare prices → draft PO → route for approval - before executing any external tool call.