Glossary term
Glossary term
Agentic Systems
Breaking down a large goal into atomic, executable steps. Agents handle certain problems by performing task decomposition.
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A research-assistant agent uses task decomposition to break a long research question into a sequence of grounded sub-queries.
A coding assistant uses task decomposition to plan a refactor into smaller, reviewable changes before applying any of them.
A consulting firm uses task decomposition in its agentic workflows so the model produces a plan that humans can review before execution.
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