Metadata
- Author: anthropic.com
- Full Title:: Building Effective Agents
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- Document Tags:: Foundational models,
- URL:: https://www.anthropic.com/research/building-effective-agents
- Read date:: 2025-01-13
Highlights
• Workflows are systems where LLMs and tools are orchestrated through predefined code paths. • Agents, on the other hand, are systems where LLMs dynamically direct their own processes and tool usage, maintaining control over how they accomplish tasks. (View Highlight)
We suggest that developers start by using LLM APIs directly: many patterns can be implemented in a few lines of code. If you do use a framework, ensure you understand the underlying code. Incorrect assumptions about what’s under the hood are a common source of customer error. (View Highlight)