Agentic refers to the capacity of a system (typically an 📝Artificial Intelligence (AI)) to act autonomously toward goals — making decisions, planning steps, using tools, and adapting based on feedback, rather than simply responding to a single prompt in isolation. In the AI context, an "agentic" system can break a complex task into subtasks, execute actions (like searching the web, writing code, or calling APIs), evaluate results, and iterate — all with minimal human intervention. It contrasts with a purely reactive or conversational model that only answers one question at a time without taking independent action. More broadly, the term comes from psychology and philosophy, where agency means the ability to act with intention and exert influence over one's environment.
