Glossary
AI agent
An AI agent is a model that carries out a multi-step task on its own rather than answering a single question. You describe the outcome, it decides the steps, uses tools, and reports back. The difference from a chatbot is that an agent acts, and acting means it can be wrong in ways that leave traces.
Related terms
Agentic AIAgentic AI is the category of AI systems that plan and execute sequences of actions towards a goal instead of producing one response.Claude CoworkClaude Cowork is the mode in Claude where the assistant works as an agent on a folder of your real files instead of answering in a chat window.Human in the loopHuman in the loop means a person reviews an AI output, has the authority to overrule it, and leaves a record of what they decided.