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What is Agentic?

A plain-English explanation of Agentic (Agentic AI) — what it means, why it matters, and how it is used in AI.

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Agentic AI
Agentic refers to AI systems that operate autonomously over extended time horizons, making sequences of decisions and taking actions to complete complex goals without requiring human direction at each step.
"An agentic coding system given a bug report can read the codebase, identify the root cause, write a fix, run tests, and submit a pull request autonomously."

Also known as: Agentic AI, autonomous AI, agentic workflow

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Why does Agentic matter?

Agentic AI is transforming software development, research, and knowledge work by automating complex multi-step tasks.

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