Agents & Automation
Agent State
Definition
The information an agent or its application maintains about its current task, such as goals, completed steps, tool results, and pending approvals.
Why it matters for your business
Makes progress and recovery understandable. Sensitive state needs appropriate storage, access, and retention controls.
In practice
A lead-research agent records which companies it has checked and which sources still need verification.
How it differs from related terms
State describes the current work. Memory often refers to information reused across tasks or conversations, although product terminology overlaps.