Agent vs chatbot
A chatbot answers. An agent acts.
An agent can follow a goal: "find this file, fix it, run the tests." It plans the steps, calls tools (search, edit, run code), checks the results, and repeats until the goal is done.
Three parts
- A model — makes the decisions.
- Tools — the actions it can take (files, commands, web).
- A loop — decide → act → observe → repeat.
This site itself is agent-ready: machines can read it the same way you can.