Agent Type Directory

Compare agent styles, capabilities, and implementation tradeoffs before choosing your stack.

conversational

Conversational

Dialogue-first agents designed for inbound and outbound communication, capable of maintaining multi-turn context, routing intents, and escalating to humans when confidence drops.

Capabilities: 5

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autonomous

Autonomous

Self-directed agents that independently plan, execute, and iterate on multi-step tasks across tools and services without continuous human input.

Capabilities: 5

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reactive

Reactive

Event-driven agents that respond to incoming triggers such as webhooks, form submissions, or scheduled events, executing predefined workflows with conditional branching.

Capabilities: 5

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proactive

Proactive

Agents that initiate outreach, reminders, and recommendations based on schedules, lead scoring, or predictive signals rather than waiting for user input.

Capabilities: 5

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multi-agent

Multi-Agent

Networks of specialist agents coordinated by a supervisor or orchestrator, enabling role-based task delegation, cross-agent handoffs, and shared memory for complex workflows.

Capabilities: 5

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rag-agent

RAG Agent

Retrieval-augmented generation agents that ground responses in internal documents, knowledge bases, or structured data sources with citation support and confidence scoring.

Capabilities: 5

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tool-using

Tool-Using

Agents that execute external API calls, database queries, and third-party integrations as part of their core reasoning loop, enabling real-world actions beyond text generation.

Capabilities: 5

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code-generating

Code-Generating

Agents specialized in writing, reviewing, and refining code through iterative generation loops with diff suggestions, test validation, and context-aware coding assistance.

Capabilities: 5

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voice-enabled

Voice-Enabled

Speech-focused agents for IVR systems, customer support, and voice-first applications with real-time speech-to-text, natural response generation, and stateful dialog management.

Capabilities: 5

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workflow-orchestrator

Workflow Orchestrator

Coordination-layer agents dedicated to routing, sequencing, and managing multi-step sub-processes with retry logic, manual checkpoints, and SLA enforcement across distributed workflows.

Capabilities: 5

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