Agent Visualizer Glossary
- Agent
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An autonomous software component that uses goals, context, and available tools, often via a large language model (LLM), to decide and execute actions on behalf of a user or system.
- Agent network
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An agent network is a collection of agents, brokers, LLMs, and MCP servers that are connected to each other.
For more information, see Building Agent Networks for Agent Fabric.
- Agentforce agent
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An agent that originates from Agentforce.
For more information, see Agentforce.
- Broker
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An intelligent routing service that coordinates task delegation across specialized agents in your enterprise. Brokers originate from MuleSoft and are referenced in the agent network YAML.
For more information, see Define Your Agent Network Specification
- Declared edge
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A design‑time relationship between two nodes (from the agent network YAML or Exchange metadata) indicating an intended connection when no runtime traffic is observed; it’s rendered as a dashed line.
For more information, see Edges.
- Managed Flex Gateway
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A Flex Gateway that is managed by Anypoint Platform.
For more information, see Managed Flex Gateway.
- MCP Server
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A service that implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to expose tools and data to AI clients, enabling LLMs to invoke external capabilities through a standard interface.
- Runtime edge
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A live relationship that’s drawn when actual traffic is observed between two nodes (from Flex Gateway or Monitoring telemetry). It’s rendered as a solid line in the agent network.
For more information, see Edges.