Inside the Black Box: A Detailed Anatomy of an AI Agent

Introduction “AI agents” are everywhere in current discourse: customer support agents, coding agents, research agents, planning agents. But the term is often used loosely, sometimes referring to: A single large language model (LLM) call A script that calls a model and then an API A complex system that plans, acts, remembers, and adapts over time To design, evaluate, or improve AI agents, you need a clear mental model of what an agent actually is and how its parts work together. ...

January 6, 2026 · 15 min · 3157 words · martinuke0
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