AI Glossary

Agentic workflow

What does “Agentic workflow” mean?

Agentic workflow: Any process in which a model does more than answer once: it plans, acts, reviews its own output and repeats. The phrase covers everything from a fixed chain of model calls to open-ended agents that pick their own next step.

Agentic workflow visual guide: Any process in which a model does more than answer once: it plans, acts, reviews its own output and repeats. The phrase covers everything from a fixed chain of model calls to open-ended agents that pick their own next step.
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What is an example of “Agentic workflow”?

Drafting a report, having the model critique it, then revising it is a simple agentic workflow even without external tools.