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What is AI Agent?
An AI agent is an LLM with the ability to call tools, take multi-step actions, and pursue a goal autonomously. osFoundry hosts persistent agents with sessions, scheduled cron triggers, and scoped tool access.
Detail
A chatbot answers one question and stops. An agent decides what to do, calls tools (web search, code execution, APIs), evaluates results, iterates. Agents can run unattended on a schedule, monitor for events, and complete multi-step tasks like "research these 5 competitors and summarise pricing."
Key components: an LLM, a set of tools, a system prompt defining the goal, optional memory across runs, and a way to detect "done."
How osFoundry approaches AI Agent
osFoundry agents have persistent sessions, profile-based configuration (prompt + tools + memory + model), scoped tool access, plan mode for hard tasks, and cron-scheduled automations.
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