Workplace glossary

What is AI Agent?

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An AI agent is software that works towards a goal by taking actions, not just producing answers: it can check availability, make a booking, send the confirmation and handle the follow-up without a human clicking through each step. The term agentic AI describes systems built this way.

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In the workplace, agents matter because most office admin is a chain of small actions. Asking for “a desk near my team on Thursday and a room for four at ten” is one sentence for a person and half a dozen clicks in a booking system; an agent closes that gap by doing the clicking itself, inside the rules and permissions the workplace platform already enforces.

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What does AI Agent mean in simple terms?

An AI agent is software that works towards a goal by taking actions, not just producing answers: it can check availability, make a booking, send the confirmation and handle the follow-up without a human clicking through each step. The term agentic AI describes systems built this way.

What are the rules around AI Agent?

In the workplace, agents matter because most office admin is a chain of small actions. Asking for “a desk near my team on Thursday and a room for four at ten” is one sentence for a person and half a dozen clicks in a booking system; an agent closes that gap by doing the clicking itself, inside the rules and permissions the workplace platform already enforces.