Anatomy of an AI Agent: The 9 Core Components
A beginner-friendly breakdown of the model, instructions, tools, memory, state, planning, feedback, guardrails, and execution loop inside an AI agent.
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How AI Agents Work: The Complete Execution Loop
Follow the seven-stage execution loop that lets an AI agent reason, choose actions, use tools, learn from results, and keep working toward a goal.
What Is an AI Agent? A Practical Mental Model
A practical explanation of what makes an AI agent different from a chatbot or fixed workflow, and how the agent loop turns model reasoning into action.