Agent lifecycle
the structural parallel between the creation, deployment, maintenance, evolution, and retirement of cognitive agents and the acquisition, practice, internalization, and letting go of knowledge through learning
Why This Is a Definition
This definition explicitly names the term 'agent lifecycle', states its genus as a structural parallel, and specifies its differentia as the sequence of creation, deployment, maintenance, evolution, and retirement of cognitive agents versus acquisition, practice, internalization, and letting go of knowledge through learning. It precisely distinguishes this concept from mere agent management by emphasizing the fundamental structural correspondence between agent and learning processes.
Source Lessons
The agent lifecycle mirrors the learning lifecycle
The way you create, maintain, and retire agents mirrors how you learn, practice, and let go of knowledge. Recognizing this parallel turns agent management into a form of self-directed development.
Agents have a lifecycle from creation to retirement
Every agent is created, deployed, maintained, and eventually retired.