What is Process?
Process — The executable workflow an agent drives — the ordered sequence of steps, decisions, and handoffs that turns intent into a completed outcome.
Process is the primitive that answers what runs, in what order? for an autonomous system. Where orchestration decides which agent acts and when, process is the workflow that agent actually executes — the steps, branches, and checkpoints that carry work from start to finish.
It is the layer where agentic systems meet the operational reality of an industry. Every vertical has its own processes; the agent that drives them is grounded in the same primitive.
Where process sits in the stack
In the four-layer architecture of the agentic web, process is a Meta-category (L3) concept — it consolidates fan-out within a category. See the thesis for how the layers compound.
Process in the portfolio
116 positions in the Semantic Substrate portfolio carry the Process primitive — 89 available individually, 27 held as a coordinated set. Explore the Process cluster →
Quick answers
- What is Process in agentic systems?
- The executable workflow an agent drives — the ordered sequence of steps, decisions, and handoffs that turns intent into a completed outcome.
- Where does Process sit in the agentic stack?
- Process sits at the Meta-category (L3) layer — it consolidates fan-out within a category.
- How many Process domain positions exist in the Semantic Substrate portfolio?
- 116 positions carry the Process primitive — 89 available individually, the rest held as a coordinated set.