Finite State Machine
Domain: Agent Architectures
🎯 Motivation
A model with a finite number of states, transitions between them, and actions associated with each state/transition. Useful for designing agent behavior.
📋 Concrete Example
FSM for a code agent: states={IDLE, READING, CODING, TESTING, DONE}, transitions={IDLE->READING (task received), READING->CODING (files read), CODING->TESTING (code written), TESTING->DONE (tests pass)}.
🔗 Analogy
A vending machine - states: waiting for money, money inserted, dispensing, done. Insert coin: waiting -> money inserted. Press button: money inserted -> dispensing. FSM gives agents predictable, testable behavior.