Put the Agent Inside the Workflow

Workflow or agent? Workflow or agent? The workflow paradigm follows a sequence we define in advance. This makes the application very easy to understand, and gives us clear control over how information moves from one stage to the next. It works well when we know which operation should happen at each stage. For more open-ended questions, however, the next useful action may depend on what the system discovers along the way. The agent paradigm, on the other hand, starts with a goal and decides which actions or tools to use along the way. This makes it more flexible when the solution path is uncertain. However,…