Agent Evolution Series (1): The Execution Path — From Answering to Doing
TL;DR: The core of the execution path is moving agents from “giving advice” to “completing tasks.” It will evolve from tool calling to browser operations, local automation, and governed action layers. The real moat isn’t how many tools you can call, but how many things you can stably accomplish within the constraints of permissions, auditing, and rollback. This is the first article in the Agent Evolution Series. The series is divided into five parts: the first three deconstruct the three main agent paths, the fourth discusses the final form after convergence, and the fifth addresses a more fundamental question: why agents evolve along these paths. ...