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title: "Agent definition · Agentic Atlas"
description: "Agent definition: the skill shape one altitude up: name + description + body defining a dispatchable actor; may carry authored weight. (heavy agent)."
canonical: "https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary/agent-definition"
last-updated: "2026-08-19"
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Glossary definition

# Agent definition

Atlas key

agent-definition

Catalog order

04

Used in

2 sections

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the skill shape one altitude up: name + description + body defining a *dispatchable actor*; may carry authored weight. ([heavy agent](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/heavy-agent))

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## Used in

- [The Docs Expert](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/docs-expert-agent#context-the-setup) Context · 1 mention
- [Subagent Offload](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/subagent-offload#relationships) Relationships · 1 mention