Incoming emails should trigger processing, with no user involved. Which type fits?
Why B is the answer
An autonomous agent
Autonomous agents act on events without a user present.
In detail
- Events with no user involved call for an autonomous agent.
- Log its actions, so they can be reviewed.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
A shared mailbox receives claims all day. Each email triggers an autonomous agent, which sorts it and records it.
See it in different ways
flowchart TD
A{"What starts it?"} -->|"A user asks"| B["Prompt and response agent"]
A -->|"Assigned work"| C["Task agent"]
A -->|"An event, with no user present"| D["Autonomous agent"]mindmap
root((Agent types))
Prompt and response
User asks in chat
Task
User starts it
Autonomous
Event starts it
No user present
Multi-agent
Specialistsflowchart LR S0["Email arrives"] --> S1["Trigger fires"] --> S2["Agent processes"] --> S3["Record updated"]
Key point: Events can trigger autonomous agents.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. A prompt library
- A library stores prompts.
- C. A chat-only agent
- Chat needs a user.
- D. A dashboard
- A dashboard shows data.