Agentic processing versus basic generation
Basic generation
Agentic processing (extra work)
User question
straight to the answer:
no intermediate steps
Direct final answer
(Visible to user)
User question
Intermediate generation: plan
(Generated text, not an audit trail)
Tool action: calculate or search
Intermediate generation: critique
may
loop
Final answer
(Visible to user)
Extra work can improve the result. It does not make every claim correct.