{
  "id": 11475452,
  "title": "CodeSmithi: A Textbook Anatomy of Agents: Five Waves of Evolution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/codesmithi-a-textbook-anatomy-of-agents-five-waves-of-evolution",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-02T16:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/dogeking/codesmithi-a-textbook-anatomy-of-agents-five-waves-of-evolution-5ea6"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Anatomy of an Agent and Five Waves of Evolution\n\nAn agent is a software entity that perceives its environment, takes actions, and receives feedback. Modern agents utilize a loop called ReAct, which involves reasoning, acting, and observing. This process ensures that an agent's actions influence the information available to it, allowing for dynamic reasoning based on the environment's feedback.",
  "summary": "Textbook: The Anatomy of an Agent and Five Waves of Evolution Source version of CodeSmith : v0.5.0 (commit 3a74c82f ). All paths are relative to the repo root; line numbers refer to this version. Intended audience: readers new to Agent engineering who want a coordinate system of \"loop–autonomy–multi-agent–evolution.\" The prologue told of an invisible war, then tossed out a word: harness. Over the…",
  "key_points": [
    "Agents perceive environment, take actions, receive feedback",
    "ReAct loop involves reasoning, acting, observing",
    "Agent actions influence available information"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}