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# Agent
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**Status:** revised (Phase IV–VI)
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**See also:** H9, RQ8, `research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.md`
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## Working definition
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An **Agent** is an artificial entity or component primarily derived from functional
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purpose.
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Defining question: **What should this entity be able to do?**
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| Kind | Meaning |
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| Functional Agent | Task/tool/orchestrator loops |
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| Autonomous Agent | Closer to autonomous individuality literature |
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## Notes
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- May be a component of a Being, or become a Being if axes + continuity hold.
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- **Provenance/construction descriptor**, not exclusive ontological species (H9).
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- Most LLM “agents” are Functional Agents or APEs, not Beings (Phase IV).
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