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Why Is the Agent Card Important?

Agents are software entities that perform tasks autonomously on behalf of a user or another program. Another way to say it is that agents can perceive the environment, think, and act to achieve a specific goal with minimal human intervention.

Why Is the Agent Card Important?

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Agents are software entities that perform tasks autonomously on behalf of a user or another program.

Another way to say it is that agents can perceive the environment, think, and act to achieve a specific goal with minimal human intervention.

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Agents are software entities that perform tasks autonomously on behalf of a user or another program. Another way to say it is that agents can perceive the environment, think, and act to achieve a specific goal with minimal human intervention. Let's begin with the definition of an AI agent.

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