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Move from a model that talks to a system that can inspect and act.
State
State is the working information maintained across steps in a workflow or agent.
Think of it like
Think of State like a coworker with access to a toolbox and a checklist: capability matters, but control and state matter just as much.
Real life
Assistants that book travel, search files or update tickets use concepts such as State.
SRE lens
Store findings such as CPU normal, DB timeout and recent deploy so later steps do not start from zero.
Remember thisState is the working information maintained across steps in a workflow or agent.