How this channel uses the term In this channel's material, software agents appear in the context of the agentic web: a vision where agents do more than answer questions. As described in the conversation with Kevin Scott, a useful agent is one that must take action on your behalf, use tools, make changes in systems, and consult rich and diverse information sources.[^385ed583@0] Why the surrounding infrastructure matters For agents to act effectively, the material argues the ecosystem should look like the internet itself — a plumbed network where agents can talk to the websites and APIs that already exist. That is why the discussion ties software agents to a standard protocol (such as Model Context Protocol) so that internal systems can speak to every agent a company writes.[^385ed583@0] A culture for working with agents The material also links software agents to an experimental mindset: agents can be curious, try suggested tools and approaches, adopt what works, and discard what does not — echoing the stance of being curious and trying stuff.[^385ed583@0] - Software agents act on your behalf — they use tools and make changes in systems, not just answer questions.- They depend on an internet-like ecosystem of plumbed information sources and a standard protocol to reach existing websites and APIs.- An experimental culture — letting agents be curious — is part of how the material frames productive agent use.