1. An overview of agents

2. How the capability of an AI-powered agent is determined by the set of tools it has access to and its capability for planning

3. How to select the best set of tools for your agent

4. Whether LLMs can plan and how to augment a model’s capability for planning

5. Agent’s failure modes

AI-powered agents are an emerging field with no established theoretical frameworks for defining, developing, and evaluating them. This post is a best-effort attempt to build a framework from the existing literature, but it will evolve as the field does.