What is an event-driven artificial intelligence agent?
Definition
An event-driven artificial intelligence agent subscribes to events that describe something that happened or work that became available. The agent can process matching events, produce structured results and emit new events for other agents or services.
This design lets workflows evolve without placing every step in one fixed graph. Typed events and durable logs make dependencies explicit, while queues and validation isolate failures and stop invalid results from crossing into another part of the system.
Acronyms and aliases
triggered agent workflow synonymevent-driven AI agent variant
Related terms
Frequently asked questions
How does an event-driven AI agent receive work?
It subscribes to selected event types and begins processing when the runtime delivers a matching event.
Why use events instead of a fixed agent graph?
Events allow components to evolve independently and make it easier to add, remove or replay processing stages without redesigning one graph.
