Agent Patterns
Proven ways to shape agents for real business tasks instead of broad, underspecified automation.
These patterns work well because they keep the agent focused and make the outcome easy to validate.
Common patterns
Classifier
Reads an input, assigns a label, and returns a structured decision for downstream automation.
Triage agent
Collects context, prioritizes work, and routes it to the right team, queue, or next workflow step.
Enrichment agent
Gathers information from approved systems and adds useful context before a person or another system acts.
Approval-gated executor
Prepares a recommended action, waits for approval when required, then executes through a narrow tooling surface.
Reviewer
Evaluates changes, messages, or records against a clear rubric and returns findings or a suggested next action.