Agent vs. Workflow: The Minimum Agent Decision
Explore how to choose between an autonomous agent and a deterministic workflow in AI architecture. Understand the benefits and risks of agentic designs, the triggers for adopting agent capabilities, and how to justify these decisions with measurable outcomes and governance controls.
The model-strategy ADR settled which model runs and how a request gets routed to it. It says nothing about whether the system should plan and act on its own, and that decision has to come before any agent gets designed. This chapter continues with the Policy and Procedures Copilot: it gathers evidence from internal systems of record, drafts a recommendation, and can optionally initiate a follow-up action, all under human oversight.
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