Title: Discussion 1 — Drawing the Line Between Workflow and Agent
Course: AIINFRA 300: Agentic AI & the Model Context Protocol (MCP) > Section: Week 01 — Agentic AI Foundations and the Provider Landscape

💬 Discussion 1 — Drawing the Line Between Workflow and Agent (20 pts)

Anthropic frames the core division of labor in agentic systems this way: "the user defines the what, the agent determines the how." Given that definition, where should this course draw the line between a workflow and a true agent? Consider a system that follows a fixed sequence of LLM calls but where one step involves the model choosing between two tools based on context — is that agentic, or still a workflow? Where's the threshold, and what's your reasoning? Post your initial response (150+ words) with a concrete example from your own experience or the readings, then respond to at least two classmates — ideally ones who drew the line in a different place than you did.