Concepts/Concept
ADPS Engineering Concept Registry
Execution vs Content Agents
Choose runtime controls from the deliverable, state dependency, and cost of failure.
Application context
The same model can draft a payroll-policy note and create a payroll group. The first task delivers text that a user can revise or regenerate. The second changes employee, payroll, and approval records; one misbound identifier can affect later steps and external systems.
Definition
Classify an agent by the object it delivers and the consequence of failure.
| Class | Primary deliverable | State between steps | Typical controls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content agent | Report, answer, slide, draft | Mostly text and cited material | Review, citation checks, regeneration |
| Execution agent | Completed business change | Identifiers, statuses, versions, approvals, receipts | State machine, idempotency, authority, rollback, external acceptance |
Engineering mechanism
In expense processing, invoice upload must receive the application_id returned by the preceding create call. The runtime stores that value with tenant, source call, tool version, and timestamp, then injects it into the next request. The model can select the business route and explain the result; it does not regenerate the identifier from conversation text.
Boundary
Many systems contain both classes. Research may produce a draft before an approved action changes a record. Apply stronger execution controls at the point where state, money, authority, production configuration, or user rights can change.
Proposal and provenance
- Concept group
- System boundaries and state
- Initial source within ADPS
- Initial practice: Bo Liang
- First recorded in
- Dongfang Yiteng execution-agent case ()
- ADPS editorial work
- ADPS turned delivery object, state dependency, and failure consequence into an architecture-selection test.
- Current standing
- Candidate concept
Initial source: Dongfang Yiteng Execution Agent case report; contributed by Bo Liang.
Chronicle
- Recorded source
- Dongfang Yiteng execution-agent case ()
- Source date
- First published on ADPS