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Trajectory (agent)

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The sequence of plans, tool calls and memory operations that led an agent to an effect. Agents are evaluated on their trajectories as well as their final outputs, because a right result reached through a tool the agent should never have held is still a failure.

Developed in
ch. 23, What makes an agent a governance object
Chapters
ch. 14, Development · ch. 23, AI Agents
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

The term is not used under this name in running prose; the sections listed under "Developed in" treat it.

  • Agent (agentic AI)

    An AI system that acts (browses, executes code, calls APIs, moves data or delegates to other agents) under delegated authority, rather than only producing text.

Sources

No external source: the term is coined or used in a specific sense by this Body of Knowledge, and the section linked under "Developed in" is its source.

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Trajectory (agent). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/trajectory-agent. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026trajectoryagent,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Trajectory (agent)}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/trajectory-agent}
}