AI engineering glossary · Agents tools MCP
What is planning (agents)?
Planning (agents) (also called Agent planning): The step where an agent breaks a goal into an ordered list of smaller tasks before or while acting. Good plans help with long tasks, since the model does not have to work out everything at once, and can be revised when new information appears.
Planning (agents): an example
Asked to 'prepare a competitor report', the agent plans: list five rivals, fetch each pricing page, compare features, write a summary.
Related terms
More Agents tools MCP terms
- Procedural memory
- Program-aided language model
- Read-only tool
- Reflection
- Replanning
- Retry with backoff
- Router pattern
- Sandbox
Where you learn it
Planning (agents) is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.