Agent Skill

Function Calling

A mechanism allowing language models to invoke external functions or APIs based on natural language instructions.

An AI agent that responds to environmental stimuli with predefined actions without maintaining an internal model of the world.

The degree of independence an AI agent has in making and executing decisions without human approval.

The ability to monitor, trace, and understand the internal states, decisions, and actions of AI agents in production.

An autonomous software entity that perceives its environment, makes decisions, and takes actions to achieve specified objectives.

The processes of developing, deploying, monitoring, updating, and retiring AI agents throughout their operational life.

A system design where human oversight and approval are required at critical decision points in automated processes.

A multi-step business process executed entirely by AI agents with minimal human intervention, spanning planning, execution, monitoring, and error recovery phases.

The complete set of possible actions available to an AI agent in a given environment, defining the boundaries of what the agent can do to accomplish its objectives.