# Agentic Workflow

> An agentic workflow is a system in which language models and tools are orchestrated through predefined code paths, as opposed to an agent that chooses its own steps.

- Identifier: PTL-0064
- Category: Agents & Orchestration
- Canonical URL: https://protologue.com/t/agentic-workflow/
- Also known as: LLM workflow

## Description

Common workflow patterns include prompt chaining, routing, parallelization, orchestrator-workers, and evaluator-optimizer loops. Workflows are generally preferred when a task can be cleanly decomposed in advance.

## Narrower terms

- [Prompt Chaining](https://protologue.com/t/prompt-chaining/)
- [Routing](https://protologue.com/t/routing/)
- [Parallelization](https://protologue.com/t/parallelization/)
- [Orchestrator-Workers](https://protologue.com/t/orchestrator-workers/)
- [Evaluator-Optimizer](https://protologue.com/t/evaluator-optimizer/)

## Related terms

- [AI Agent](https://protologue.com/t/ai-agent/)

## Sources

- Anthropic (2024). Building effective agents. https://www.anthropic.com/research/building-effective-agents

## Cite this entry

Protologue. (2026). Agentic Workflow. In Protologue: A Taxonomy of Prompting and LLM Techniques (v1.0.0, PTL-0064). https://protologue.com/t/agentic-workflow/

License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)