Agent task
A stateful unit of delegated work exchanged through an agent protocol.
What Agent task does not show
Task completion status does not prove that the result is correct or accepted by the user.
Definitions that name Agent task
Agent artifact · refresh token · OpenSearch description
Related terms in Agents and protocols
How autonomous agents plan, remember, call tools and talk to each other, including MCP and A2A, and where each step can go wrong.
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Questions about Agent task
What is Agent task?
A stateful unit of delegated work exchanged through an agent protocol.
What does Agent task not show or guarantee?
Task completion status does not prove that the result is correct or accepted by the user.
Which area of the glossary does Agent task belong to?
Agents and protocols: How autonomous agents plan, remember, call tools and talk to each other, including MCP and A2A, and where each step can go wrong.
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