📖 Quick glossary

• Agent: an AI that pursues a goal using tools, in a loop, until it succeeds.
• Tool (tool / function calling): an external function the AI can call (search, email, calc…).
• MCP (Model Context Protocol): open standard (Anthropic, 2024) to plug in tools and data — “USB-C for AI.”
• ReAct (Reason + Act): the Reason → Act → Observe → Loop loop.
• Multi-agent orchestration: making several specialized agents collaborate.
• CrewAI: role-based multi-agent framework.
• LangGraph: graph-based multi-agent framework, with state memory (checkpointing).
• AutoGen / Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF): conversational approach; AutoGen merged into MAF in late 2025.
• No-code: building an application/automation without writing code, through a visual interface.
• Make: visual automation platform (drag-and-drop), mainstream, 3000+ integrations.
• n8n: technical automation platform, cloud or self-hosted, with a native “AI Agent” node.
• Airtable: database turned AI-native app platform; serves as an agent’s memory.
• Webhook: a “trigger” that starts a workflow when an event occurs (e.g. a new lead).