An AI agent is software that takes a goal, works out the steps and carries them out using the tools you give it. It is closer to a junior colleague with a checklist than a chat window.
Key takeaways30-second version
✓It works from a goal, not a prompt. You ask for an outcome, such as closing the month or drafting this week of posts.✓It uses your tools. Agents connect to the systems you already run: your books, your inbox, your site.✓A person approves the result. Nothing posts, sends money or emails a customer without a person approving it. 01 It works from a goal, not a prompt
You ask for an outcome, such as closing the month or drafting this week of posts. The agent breaks that into steps and does them in order.
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02 It uses your tools
Agents connect to the systems you already run: your books, your inbox, your site. What it can touch is set by you, account by account.
03 A person approves the result
Nothing posts, sends money or emails a customer without a person approving it. The agent prepares the work; you decide.
