Comparison
OrchestrationvsWorkflow vs agent
Orchestration
the sequencing, tool execution, retries, budgets and human checkpoints around the model calls are a few hundred lines of ordinary code you own.
The application code coordinating everything around model calls: sequencing, tool execution, state, retries, budgets and human checkpoints. Frameworks sell orchestration; a few hundred lines of your own code usually does it more transparently.
Full entry →Workflow vs agent
the strongest agent architectures are mostly workflow, with agency confined to the steps that need it.
A workflow chains model calls along a path your code fixes in advance; an agent lets the model choose the path. Workflows are more predictable, debuggable and cheap, and are the right answer more often than the discourse suggests. Reach for an agent only when the path genuinely cannot be predetermined.
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