AI Agentic workflows and Enterprise APIs: Adapting API architectures for the age of AI agents

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The rapid advancement of Generative AI has catalyzed the emergence of autonomous AI agents, presenting unprecedented challenges for enterprise computing infrastructures.

• Current enterprise API architectures are predominantly designed for human-driven, predefined interaction patterns, rendering them ill-equipped to support intelligent agents' dynamic, goal-oriented behaviors.
• This research systematically examines the architectural adaptations for enterprise APIs to support AI agentic workflows effectively.
• Through a comprehensive analysis of existing API design paradigms, agent interaction models, and emerging technological constraints, the paper develops a strategic framework for API transformation.