What are Agentic Workflows?

Giancarlo Mori
8 min readJul 26, 2024
Original creation with Midjourney

Originally published on Substack.

Traditional AI-driven automation has primarily focused on rule-based systems and narrow AI applications designed to handle specific tasks. While effective in many scenarios, these approaches often struggle with complex, multi-faceted processes that require adaptability and contextual understanding.

Enter agentic workflows — a groundbreaking paradigm that promises to take enterprise automation to new heights. By harnessing the power of multiple specialized AI agents working in concert, agentic workflows offer a more flexible, scalable, and intelligent approach to tackling complex business processes.

This innovative concept leverages advanced natural language processing and large language models to create systems that can understand, reason, and act autonomously in pursuit of specific goals.

As we delve deeper into the world of agentic workflows in this post, we’ll explore how this transformative technology is poised to reshape the landscape of enterprise automation. In an upcoming dedicated post, we will explore specific AI agent platforms and tools.

Defining Agentic Workflows

At its core, an agentic workflow is a system where multiple AI agents collaborate to complete tasks and achieve objectives. These agents are…

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Giancarlo Mori

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