Deep vs. Shallow Agents
Shallow agents are your run-of-the-mill loops of LLM calls and tool invocations—useful for simple queries but pretty short-sighted when it comes to tackling multi-step problems. Deep agents, on the other hand, actually plan, dive deep into topics, and manage tasks over longer time frames, so they don’t get stuck in one-prompt limbo.
You’re already seeing them pop up in heavy-duty research (think OpenAI’s Deep Research) and coding assistants (Claude Code, Manus). They combine strategic planning with powerful LLM capabilities to handle complex workflows instead of just riffing on single prompts.
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