An AI assistant commonly helps staff draft, explain, summarize and search information. An AI agent can be designed to carry out multi-step tasks with access to approved data and software tools. The distinction matters when planning automation.
What the symptoms can tell you
A question-answering assistant may be enough for policies, documentation or customer FAQs. Repeated tasks such as classifying tickets, drafting reports or routing requests may benefit from an agent with carefully chosen permissions.
Practical next steps
- Pick one repetitive workflow and define what a successful result looks like.
- Identify which documents or systems the tool actually needs to access.
- Decide which actions require employee approval, especially financial or customer-facing changes.
- Test accuracy, privacy and failure handling with real but appropriately protected examples before expanding.
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