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The Agentic Review

Independent analysis of agentic AI systems, products, and standards.

Vol. I · No. 1 · Est. 2026

Department

Architecture

Long-form architectural teardowns and reference notes on the agentic stack.

Architecture

The Three Metaphors for Agentic Systems — OS, Mesh, Workforce

Three architectural framings are competing for the same agentic-systems problem. Each gets something right. Each papers over something important. A reading of the OS metaphor, Nate Jones's Mesh thesis, and the Workforce model that Anthropic and Sierra have leaned into.

agentic OSagentic mesh
Architecture

Identity in Agentic Systems: The Hardest Unsolved Problem

Identity is the problem the agentic field has spent the least time on and the one that determines whether the systems are deployable in any regulated environment. A working framework for what identity actually has to do.

identityauthentication
Cornerstone

What Is an Agentic Operating System, Really?

Most products labeled 'agentic OS' are orchestration libraries with a marketing budget. A working definition, drawn from the parts of the stack that actually have to behave like an operating system.

agentic operating systemsAI operating systems