Comment by laserlight

IMHO, agentic workflow is the autonomous execution of a detailed plan. Back-and-forth between LLM and developer is fine in the planning stage. Then, the agent is supposed to overcome any difficulties or devise solutions to unplanned situations. Otherwise, Cursor had been able to develop in a tight loop of writing and running tests, followed by fixing bugs, before “agentic” became a buzzword.

Perhaps “agentic” initially referred to this simple loop, but the milestone was achieved so quickly that the meaning shifted. Regardless, I could be wrong.