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Agentic workflows vs AI agents, and when not to build one

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An agentic workflow is a multi-step process in which a language model does part of the work, such as drafting, classifying, retrieving or calling a tool. The term covers two designs: in one, code you wrote picks every next step, and in the other the model picks it, a design most people call an AI a…

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  1. 2026-10-27 18:40 · DEV Community — AI
    Agentic workflows vs AI agents, and when not to build one

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