Bot vs. Agentic Workflow - behind scenes view

Every team shipping an LLM feature hits the same question : do i do a single model call, or a full agentic workflow with tools, retries, and validation?

They are not the same thing to build — or to operate. In this piece, I walk through:

→ What each architecture actually looks like behind scenes

→ Two worked examples with tool stacks and flow

→ Where the hidden cost and latency actually piles up

→ Four questions that settle bot-vs-workflow for any feature you're building

If you're deciding how to architect your next LLM feature, this one should save you some expensive trial and error.