Agents

What is an AI agent?

A chatbot answers you. An agent does the work. You give it a goal, and it works in a loop: it reads your files, runs commands, checks the result and tries again, until the job is done or it needs you.

• In your editor or terminal

  Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. You watch the agent work and approve changes as it goes. This is where most vibe coders start.

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• Cloud agents

  Devin, Jules and GitHub Copilot's coding agent. You hand over a task, close your laptop, and come back to a pull request to review. No coding needed, but you should check what it wrote.

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• Agent frameworks

  Code libraries for building your own agent into a product, such as a support bot that can look up orders. You will write code, usually Python or TypeScript.

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Which one do I need? Building an app with AI? Start with an agent in your editor or terminal. Want tasks done while you are away? Try a cloud agent. Adding an AI feature for your own users? That is when you need a framework.