Oliver Virt · 2026

What's inside an AI agent?

AI
AGENTS
THE MODEL

Let's open it up.

Five simple parts

Guesser
Desk
Hands
Notebook
Loop
Guesser
Today it will rain, so it's better to take your
umbrellacoathat
Guesser
…better to take your ?

Illustrative numbers.

Guesser

Ask again. New answer.

umbrella
coat
umbrella
sunglasses0.1%

Plausible. Not true.

Guesser

It reads pieces, not words.

Illustrative split.

It can't look outside.

What's the weather in Tel Aviv?
Sunny, 24°!
Rain, 14°
Desk

Only what's on the desk.

You: plan my morning
It: what's the weather?
You: Tel Aviv, 7am
It: …

Full. The oldest page falls off.

New day. Empty desk.

Hands

It asks. A program does.

get_weather("Tel Aviv")
rain · 14°
Take an umbrella.
Notebook

Memory is a notebook.

Monday
I hate getting wet.
Notebook
- hates getting wet
Tuesday
- hates getting wet
Loop

Try, look, adjust.

Plan Do Look Decide
Guardrails

You choose the doors.

Check the weather
Message you
Spend money
Ask a person first

The whole story

Reads its notes
Checks the weather
Opens your calendar
Connects the dots
Asks before moving it
Rain at 3. Take an umbrella?

Not magic. Not a mind. A loop with hands.

What would you hand to an agent tomorrow?

Oliver Virt · orvirt.com