What does “AI Agent” mean?

A hypothetical AI system that can perform most intellectual tasks at a human level across many domains.

A structured way for one software system to send requests to and receive responses from another system.

A system that can make decisions and act with limited or no direct human control in real time.

A multi-step process where an AI system plans, executes, checks results, and iterates toward a goal.

An iterative cycle where an AI agent observes, plans, acts, and reflects until it completes a goal or hits a stop condition.

Stored context an AI agent uses across steps or sessions to improve continuity.