# Agentic workflow

> A pipeline where a model does not just answer but acts — calls tools, checks results, retries — inside a loop with real boundaries.

The difference from a chatbot is the loop: the model decides what to do next — search, call an API, write a file — sees the result, and continues until the task is done or the budget runs out. 'Summarise this email' is a call; 'triage the inbox and draft replies' is an agent.

What makes one production-grade is the same thing that makes any automation production-grade, squared: permissioned tools, a step limit, logging of every action, and a human checkpoint before anything irreversible happens. An agent that can send an email needs the same review an intern would get.

## Related terms

- https://dfieldsolutions.com/en/glossary/llm-agent.md
- https://dfieldsolutions.com/en/glossary/tool-calling.md
- https://dfieldsolutions.com/en/glossary/ai-guardrails.md

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