Agent¶

In software engineering, a software agent is a computer program that works on behalf of a user or another program.

In our case, a Service Agent works on behalf of the service it represents.

There is some overlap between microservices architecture and the Actor model in terms of concepts and philosophy.

A very good way to think about Agent is to look as what Hollywood agents do for movie actors.

The runtime would be the actor actually reading his lines during the shoot of the movie. But to get to that point, there are a lot of things that need to happen.

And usually the Agent is the interface (API) between studios, magazine, directors, etc..and the actor itself.

This is a very accurate comparison to describe what an Agent is for codefly: it is the prefered way of interaction (including creation, modification, enhancement, etc...) with the actor UP to the point of runtime.