Generalist Agent
Noun · AI & Machine Learning
Definitions
An agent designed to perform a broad range of tasks across domains instead of specializing in one narrow workflow. Generalist agents rely on flexible planning, tool use, and prompting, but they may underperform specialized agents on tightly constrained tasks.
In plain English: An AI agent built to handle many types of tasks.
Example: "They used a generalist agent for internal operations questions but kept a specialized finance agent for anything involving approval workflows."