Building an Agentic Warehouse Management System—Part 3: Tools, Decisions, and Actions
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If you haven’t read the first two parts yet, I recommend starting with Part 1: Where AI Agents Add Value and Part 2: Designing and Planning the Agent . There, we introduced the WMS scenario, discussed where an AI agent can add value, and built the first stages of the implementation with Java and Spring AI. In this third and final part, we will build on the execution plan created in Part 2 and focus on the remaining stages of the agent workflow. We will see how each task is executed using controlled tools, how operational and business context is gathered, how the replenishment decision is made, and how the agent acts on that decision when necessary. From plan to execution Let’s revisit the complete agent flow. The first stages: Define the Agent, Trigger the Agent, and Plan, were covered in the previous article. Now we will focus on executing the tasks, using the available tools, gathering context, and making the replenishment decision. Figure 1. Agent Lifecycle: Execute, Decide, and Complete. Execute tasks with controlled tools With the execution plan created in Part 2, the AgentRunner starts processing the tasks one at a time. For each task, the runner reads its description and capability, executes it, stores the result, and then continues with the next task: Before executing a task, the runner selects only the tools associated with its capability: When the task is executed, the executor receives the current goal, the results produced by previous tasks, the current task, and only the tools available for its capability: The result of each completed task becomes part of the context available to the tasks that follow. This allows the agent to progressively gather the information it needs before making the replenishment decision. At the same time, the capability assigned to each task defines which tools are available during its execution. This preserves the boundaries we established earlier: an ANALYSIS task, for example, can inspect information from the WMS, but it doe