What counts as an AI agent? Elaborate Claude chats blur the definition
Eren_ist_basierend · reddit · 2026-10-13
A worker spent months building highly specialized Claude chats — each handling one task type (project overviews, cost estimates) via lengthy prompts and template files defining file locations, connectors, skills, required questions, output format and legal requirements. These setups cut task time by hours, yet are purely prompt-in/output-out with no autonomy. The poster asks whether they count as 'AI agents,' noting no consistent industry definition exists and most agent tutorials are software ads.
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