An agentic workflow means AI doesn’t just answer questions — it takes initiative to get things done.
Instead of asking AI step by step, an agentic system can:
- break a goal into tasks
- decide what needs to happen next
- use tools (search, write, analyze, schedule)
- check its own work
- and report back when it’s done
Think of it like giving AI a destination instead of turn-by-turn directions.
The power isn’t that AI works faster —it’s that you stop micromanaging the process.
That’s the shift from using AI to working with AI.