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What is AI Agent?

AI agent (in Turkish, artificial intelligence agent) is autonomous software that uses tools and makes decisions to achieve the goal.

Definition and Word Origin

The chatbot answers the question, the agent finishes the job. The target is given, plans the steps, makes a call, reads a file, calls a vehicle. He tries to complete the task on his own. So beyond the assistant, it is the outline of the employee.

Analogy: It is not just a book that gives recipes, it is like an assistant chef who goes into the kitchen and cooks the food according to the recipe, and if there are missing ingredients, goes to the market and buys them.

How to Know and Use in Daily Life?

Email: Collecting and summarizing the inbox.
Research: Scanning sources and writing reports.
Code: Don't go around the warehouse and recommend patches.

Technical Depth and Architecture

The cycle is as follows:

hedef → plan → araç çağır → sonucu gözle → bitir ya da revize et

Parts:

Planning: Dividing the goal into subtasks.
Tools: Search, file, API calls.
Memory: Conversation and task history.
Human confirmation (HITL): Don't stop at the critical step and ask.

Rule: Authority is given according to the seriousness of the task. Reading is free, writing is approved, payment is double approved.

Frequently Mixed Things

It is thought to be a chatbot. Chatbot talks, agent takes action. The chat interface looks the same, the background worker is different.

Use in Different Disciplines

Assistant cook: Read the recipe and cook the food.
Jack: Don't just take the key and finish the job.
Travel agency: Ticket, hotel and transfer collection.

Questions and answers

Can agents be dangerous?

If left unsupervised, it may misbehave. Authority level and human approval manage risk.

How do agents make decisions?

It calculates the probability according to the target and rules, and updates the plan by looking at the tool results.

What is the difference with chatbot?

The chatbot generates the response, the agent completes the job. The agent calls for a ride and makes changes to the outside world.

What tools does it use?

Defined capabilities such as search, file, calendar, API and code execution. The list opens by task.

Related terms

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This explanation was written in plain language for TreScout with AI and machine-translated from the Turkish original · the Turkish version prevails. If something looks wrong or missing, write to hello@trescout.com. Read in Turkish →