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Introduction

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In the Autessa platform, tools and agents work together to enable automated, intelligent workflows. Here's how they relate:

Tools​

Tools are the lowest-level abstraction in Autessa. They are similar to functions or methods in programming. Each tool performs a specific, well-defined action when invoked. Tools take arguments as input and produce results as output.

For example, if your automation workflow were a program, each tool would be a function that does a single task, like sending an email or querying a database.

Agents​

Agents operate at a higher level than tools. An agent is like a smart orchestrator that can decide which tools to invoke and in what order, depending on a prompt.

Agents can interpret inputs, plan a sequence of tool calls, and handle logic dynamically. Essentially, agents use tools as building blocks to accomplish more complex tasks.

How To​

Autessa is the platform you use to define agents and imbue them with capabilities, and Autessa handles the dynamic orchestration of that logic.