Whiteboard diagram separates chatbots, RPA, RAG, and real AI agents
SucceededMind · x · 2026-07-29
A whiteboard-style diagram explains the difference between LLM chatbots, RPA, RAG, and real AI agents.
- Not agents: chatbots, rule-based RPA, and RAG systems that only retrieve knowledge and generate responses.
- Real agent: an orchestrator LLM with memory, planning, tools, feedback, and a multi-agent protocol.
- The diagram also splits agent roles into coding agents, retrieval agents, and citation agents.
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