Glossary · Agents & tools
Planning
Constructing, selecting, or revising a sequence of actions and dependencies intended to move from the current state to a goal.
Why it matters
Explicit plans make assumptions and ordering visible before an agent commits to expensive or irreversible actions.
In practice
Ask for a short dependency-aware plan, validate it against available tools and permissions, then re-plan when observations invalidate an assumption.
Common confusion
A generated plan is a proposal, not proof that the steps are feasible, sufficient, or safe.
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