What Is an AI Agent, Actually?
Agents aren't chatbots with better marketing — they're loops with tools and permissions. A field guide to what actually makes software an agent.
Agents aren't chatbots with better marketing — they're loops with tools and permissions. A field guide to what actually makes software an agent.
Entities, backend functions, server routes, connectors — the four tool types a Base44 agent can be granted, and when to use each.
Agents on Base44 live in config files with explicit tool grants — no glue code. Here's the shape of a first agent.
The database, not the prompt, decides what an agent may touch. A primer on Base44's RLS vocabulary.
Scheduled workflows plus an agent equals reports that write themselves. Three patterns worth stealing.
Base44's App MCP server lets ChatGPT and Claude query and act on your app's data. Here's what that unlocks.
Eight things to check before an agent meets real users — mostly restraint, not cleverness.
WhatsApp and Telegram channels put your Base44 agent where the work happens — with the same tools and guardrails.
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