What is An Agent??

Meeting Scheduler Agent

  • Goal Identification: The agent’s primary goal is to schedule the meeting.

  • Decomposition & Planning: The agent breaks down the high-level goal into a series of steps:

    • Access my calendar to see my availability.
    • Access Jane Doe’s calendar to see her availability.
    • Find a common 30-minute slot next week.
    • Draft a meeting invitation with the title “Q3 Report Discussion.”
    • Send the meeting invitation to both parties.
    • Monitor for Jane’s acceptance. If declined, find a new slot.
  • Tool Usage:

    • It would use an API for your calendar (e.g., Google Calendar, Outlook) to check your free times.

    • It would use a similar API to check Jane’s calendar.

    • It would use an email or calendar API to send the invitation.

  • State Management & Memory:

  • The agent remembers the initial request and the constraints (30 minutes, next week).

  • It keeps track of the steps it has completed.

  • If Jane declines, it remembers the previously attempted time and looks for a different one.

_MCP ??  It gives AI agents a simple, standardized way to plug into tools, data, and services — no hacks, no hand-coding.   Here is a look at how MCP works under the hood:

  • MCP Host (on the left) is the AI-powered app — for example, Claude Desktop, an IDE, or another tool acting as an agent.
  • The host connects to multiple MCP Servers, each one exposing a different tool or resource.
  • Some servers access local resources (like a file system or database on your computer).
  • Others can reach out to remote resources (like APIs or cloud services on the internet).