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What is an Agent?

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What is an Agent?

by Maina Wycliffe - All Things Typescript
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Over the last few weeks, I have been working on this Genkit Cookbook for Typescript developers. As continue evaluating ideas on what kind of recipes to include, the more advanced recipes I start working on the more I realize that I need to have a clear definition in my mind of what an agent is, and what it is not.

So, in this blog post, I want to strive to answer the question: What is an agent? And when does an AI solution qualify as an agent?