On: New tools for building agents

[knowaveragejoe]

I think Anthropic's definition makes the most sense.

- Workflows are systems where LLMs and tools are orchestrated through predefined code paths. (imo this is what most people are referring to as "agents")

- Agents, on the other hand, are systems where LLMs dynamically direct their own processes and tool usage, maintaining control over how they accomplish tasks.

https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-effective-age...

[kodablah → knowaveragejoe]

The problem with this definition is that modern workflow systems are not through predefined code paths, they do dynamically direct their own processes and tool usage.

[dzzen → kodablah]

> they do dynamically direct their own processes and tool usage how are they dynamic? if there is a code written for it then they are not dynamic.

If they are driven by LLMs interpretation then there is no explicit code written and it's figured out at runtime