Delegation

What Delegation means

The delegating agent still needs to validate authority, inputs, outputs, and side effects.

Definitions that name Delegation

Agent discovery · A2A protocol

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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 Delegation

What is Delegation?

Assigning another agent responsibility for a task or subtask.

Which area of the glossary does Delegation 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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