Do you need a pipeline,
a workflow, or an agent?

Pick your level and learn from real examples.

What best describes you?

This changes the language, not the content. Same concepts, different depth.

How they differ

Pipeline Workflow Agent* Feb 2026

*The notion of Agents is a moving target. What's in this column reflects current LLM tool-calling primitives โ€” programmatic tool calls, tool-as-caller declarations, and code-execution loops. A year ago, most of this was a hack. Today it's a primitive. This table will evolve and most credits goes to Anthropic.

See it in action

Pick a scenario. Switch modes. Left = what's planned. Right = what actually runs. Watch them match โ€” or diverge.

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Morning coffee run

Order coffee for the team

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Expense report

Process 12 receipts

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New hire onboarding

Accounts, equipment, meetings

How to choose