Glossary entry

Agent environment

A controlled world in which an AI agent observes, acts, and receives feedback.

Definition

What it means

An agent environment supplies tools, state, tasks, constraints, and success checks. It may reproduce software interfaces, APIs, business workflows, games, or physical settings.

Why it matters

Role in the system

Agents need practice on sequences of actions, not only isolated prompt-response examples.

Example

In practice

A sandbox mirrors workplace applications and checks whether an agent completes a multi-app task correctly.