Agents & Automation
Background Agent
Definition
An AI agent that performs work outside the user's immediate interactive session and reports progress or results later.
Why it matters for your business
Lets work continue while a person handles other tasks, provided cancellation, status, and approval controls are available.
In practice
A team starts a background agent to investigate a failed build and receives a proposed fix when it finishes.
How it differs from related terms
Background describes how work is experienced by the user. It does not necessarily mean the agent runs continuously, persists forever, or can restart after a failure.