F68 AI

Library · Chapter 01

Understanding AI Agents

What an Agent is, what layers it consists of, and when to build one.

An AI Agent does not start from a long prompt.

It starts from a job that the AI needs to carry out consistently.

This part helps you understand what an Agent is, what it is made of, and when you actually need to build one.

  1. 3.1
    WHAT IS AN AI AGENT?An AI Agent is not a new AI model.
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  2. 3.2
    A MODEL IS NOT AN AGENTA model can solve many kinds of tasks.
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  3. 3.3
    AI CHATBOTS AND AI AGENTS DIFFER IN HOW THEY OPERATEBoth AI Chatbots and AI Agents use AI models.
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    WHAT DOES AN AGENT CONSIST OF?An AI Agent is not a new model.
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    A LONG PROMPT IS NOT THE SAME AS AN AGENTA common mistake is writing a prompt of several thousand words and calling it an Agent.
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    WHEN SHOULD YOU BUILD AN AGENT?Not every repetitive job should be turned into an Agent.
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    DON’T START FROM THE QUESTION “WHAT AGENT DO I WANT TO BUILD?”A good Agent is usually designed from a real workflow, not from an idea about AI.
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    HOW MUCH SHOULD ONE AGENT DO?An Agent should not try to do everything.
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    AN AGENT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE AUTOMATIC“Agent” is often understood as AI that runs completely on its own.
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    A GOOD AGENT NEEDS A VERIFICATION LAYERAn AI Agent still runs on an AI model.
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    A STRONG MODEL CANNOT SAVE A POORLY DESIGNED AGENTConversely, a moderate model inside a well-designed Agent can handle stable jobs very effectively.
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    A GOOD AGENT KNOWS WHEN IT DOESN’T KNOWA trustworthy Agent is not one that always gives an answer.
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    WHERE DO HUMANS FIT IN AN AGENT?The goal of an Agent is not to remove humans from every process.
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  14. 3.14
    FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE TO AN AI AGENTOne of the greatest values of an Agent is the ability to turn experience into a structure the AI can use.
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  15. 3.15
    THE BASIC ARCHITECTURE OF AN AGENTBefore configuring an Agent on F68 AI, describe the job at the design level.
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    A SIMPLE EXAMPLEResearch a topic and produce a sourced report.
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  17. 3.17
    WHERE TO START DESIGNING AN AGENT?Don’t start by writing the System Prompt.
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