Ever dumped a pile of LEGOs on the floor?
Yes?
Well then, you are already a step closer to understanding the difference between AI workflows and ...
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Love the LEGO analogy, Shloka! 🧱 Workflows as manuals and agents as free-builds makes it so clear why hybrid “agentic workflows” are the sweet spot—predictable where we need it, flexible where it counts. Definitely a helpful mental model for building real-world AI systems! 🚀
Thank you so much
Hey Shloka. Hope you are well!
Great illustration on AI Agents vs. AI Workflows using Legos! This is well written for me to understand the difference between the two. My hope is that I get to experience on using both Agents and Workflows this year since I am learning on AI engineering for my Full-stack development journey.
Overall, well written post! Great job :D
Hey, Francis! Thank you so much! I am glad that it was of help. I will probably put up some code / blog that goes over ReAct and just a small demo of the theory that I talked about so that it's not just all talk but also action.
In the meanwhile, I found IBM Technologies videos, mixed with your favorite LLM application, some more YouTube videos and reddit to be a good source.
Lucky Sam xD
Hahaha! Yeah. Imaginary Sam.
This was so cool to read, Shloka! Also love how you showed that more tools ≠ an agent. Super well written!
Thank you so so much. Krupa!
This LEGO analogy is spot on. Workflows = instruction manuals, agents = “figure it out” mode. The hybrid takeaway is the real win though - manuals where you can, free-build where you must.
Glad you liked it
Fun analogy!
Thank you so so much! <3
Whenever I see an “explain like I’m 5” post, I’m always there because reading this article has made me understand the differences between Ai workflows & agents in less than 10 mins. Thank you for sharing this! :)
My thoughts exactly! Thank you so much. I am so happy it added some value
Excellent explanation - learned something today!
thank you
Great explanation — clear, original, and easy to understand. Thanks!
Thank you so much, I am glad you liked it!
Well, Explained shloka..
Thank you so much! <3
I'm pretty sure I'd understand the concept even if I was 5 years old and that's a compliment of the highest order. You should seriously consider writing a book called "AI for Kids" or something like that. 😄
BTW, the "Rolling Credits" bit was really creative. Absolutely deserved that top-7-of-the-week spot!
Man, would really have to use a more kid friendly language for that! :')
But thank you so much. <3
One thing I keep running into: when you give agents autonomy, you also need guardrails. The agent might build a jail instead of a cabin. How do you handle permission boundaries in your agent setups?
I believe, since the models most of us use are external, I think step 1 is to treat it like a black box. And step 2 is to keep experimenting with the prompt. But I would love to hear your thoughts on this.