AI agents are evolving from simple automation to systems that observe, decide, and act across real workflows. This guide presents a stable framework for understanding five core agent types based on decision behavior: simple reflex agents (condition-action rules), model-based reflex agents (maintain internal state), goal-based
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Why agent types matter in practiceThe building blocks of an AI agentThe five core AI agent typesEmerging and hybrid AI agent patternsSort: