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Planner

Also called planning step

What does “Planner” mean?

Planner: Component, or a stage of an agent's own reasoning, that breaks a goal into an ordered list of steps before acting. Good plans get revised as results come in rather than followed blindly.

Planner visual guide: Component, or a stage of an agent's own reasoning, that breaks a goal into an ordered list of steps before acting. Good plans get revised as results come in rather than followed blindly.
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What is an example of “Planner”?

Given "move our blog to a new host," a planner might list backup, export, import, DNS change and verification as separate steps.

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