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Agent Workflow — AI Glossary

A predefined orchestration of LLM calls, tools, and control flow — with the agent choosing steps dynamically rather than following a fixed sequence.

Overview

Common patterns per Anthropic's building-effective-agents guide: prompt chaining, routing, parallelization, orchestrator-workers, evaluator-optimizer. Workflows trade flexibility for reliability compared to fully autonomous agents.

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Topicagents
Last reviewed2026-06-24

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What is Agent Workflow?

A predefined orchestration of LLM calls, tools, and control flow — with the agent choosing steps dynamically rather than following a fixed sequence.

What concepts are related to Agent Workflow?

Closely related concepts include agent, tool use, prompt chaining.