Glossary · Agents and protocols
Long-term memory
State persisted beyond one interaction for later retrieval. Persistence does not make a memory accurate, relevant, current, or appropriate to expose.
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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.
AI agent · Agent loop · Planner · Executor · Agent memory · Working memory · Episodic memory · Semantic memory · Agent orchestration · Multi-agent system · Agent handoff · Delegation · Tool result · Tool schema · Tool description · Tool selection · Tool permission · Human-in-the-loop · Human-on-the-loop · Approval gate · Agent sandbox · Agent identity · Agent authorization · Agent discovery · Capability negotiation · MCP server · MCP client · MCP host · MCP resource · MCP prompt · MCP tool · MCP transport · JSON-RPC · A2A protocol · A2A client · A2A server · Agent skill · Agent task · Agent artifact
← Working memory · Episodic memory →
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