How modern open-source coding agents harness language models—the architectural patterns for loops, tools, permissions, sessions, and multi-agent orchestration extracted from OpenCode, Codex, OpenHands, Oh My OpenCode, and Pi.

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Actor Model

Carl Hewitt's model of computation as autonomous actors communicating via messages—the theoretical foundation for distributed agent systems.

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BDI Model

The Belief-Desire-Intention architecture—a philosophical framework that became a practical blueprint for goal-directed autonomous agents.

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Cybernetics

The science of control and communication in animals and machines—the intellectual foundation that gave birth to the concept of autonomous systems.

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Expert Systems

The rule-based AI systems of the 1970s-80s that encoded human expertise in formal logic—and the lessons from their spectacular rise and fall.

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Neural Networks History

From McCulloch-Pitts neurons to deep learning—the parallel paradigm that ultimately enabled modern AI agents through learning rather than programming.

Start Your Journey

Begin with the foundational concept of Agentogenesis — the emergence and evolution of AI agent systems.

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