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'''Agent''' may refer to:

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== Espionage, investigation, and law ==
*{{Section link|Espionage|Agents in espionage}}, spies or intelligence officers
* [[Law of agency]], laws involving a person authorized to act on behalf of another 
** [[Agent of record]], a person with a contractual agreement with an insurance policy owner
** [[Election agent]], a person responsible for the conduct of a political campaign
** [[Free agent]], a sports player who is eligible to sign with any club or franchise
** [[Literary agent]], an agent who represents writers and their written works
** [[Modeling agency]], a person or a corporation which represents fashion models
** [[Press agent]], a professional publicist
** [[Foreign agent]], a person who carries out the interests of a foreign country 
** [[Political agent (disambiguation)]] 
** [[Patent attorney]], an attorney who represents clients in patent matters
** [[Real estate agent]], an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate
** [[Registered agent]], in the US, receives service of process for a party in a legal action
** [[Shipping agent]], a person responsible for handling shipments and cargo
** [[Sports agent]], a legal representative for professional sports figures such as athletes and coaches
** [[Talent agent]] or booking agent, a person who finds jobs for entertainment professionals
** [[Trade mark agent]], a person who represents clients in trade mark matters
** [[Travel agent]], a retailer that provides travel and tourism related services
* [[Special agent]], an American criminal investigator or detective for example

==Arts and entertainment==
===Fictional characters===
* [[Agent (comics)]], a Marvel Comics character
* [[Agent (The Matrix)|Agent (''The Matrix'')]], a group of characters in the series
* The Agents, superhuman characters in ''[[Seven Samurai 20XX]]''

=== Film and television ===
* [[The Agent (1922 film)|''The Agent'' (1922 film)]], featuring Oliver Hardy
* [[The Agent (2010 film)]], a short film
* [[Agent (film)|''Agent'' (film)]], a spy thriller film
* [[Agent (TV series)|''Agent'' (TV series)]], a Polish reality competition

=== Music ===
* [[Agent (band)]], an American hardcore band from Long Island, New York
* [[Agents (Finnish band)]], a Finnish schlager/rock'n'roll band
* [[The Agents (Australian band)]], led by James Griffin
* "Intro: The Agent", by Rhymefest from ''[[El Che (album)|El Che]]'' (2010)
* [[The Agent (Little Man Tate song)|"The Agent" (Little Man Tate song)]] (2006)

===Other uses in arts and entertainment===
* [[Agent (video game)|''Agent'' (video game)]], a stealth action game

== Science and technology ==
=== Biology and chemistry ===
* [[Biological agent]], a bacterium, virus, protozoan, parasite, or fungus used as a weapon
* Chemical agent, used as a [[chemical weapon]]

=== Computing ===
* [[Agent architecture]], a blueprint for software agents and control systems
* [[Agent-based model]], a computational model for simulating the actions and interactions of individuals
* [[Agentic AI]], autonomous artificial intelligence that can make decisions and act on those decisions on its own
* [[Intelligent agent]], an autonomous, goal-directed entity which observes and acts upon an environment
* [[Software agent]], a piece of software that acts for a user or other program
* [[User agent]], software that is acting on behalf of a user

== Other uses ==
* [[Agency (philosophy)]], the capacity of an actor to act in a given environment
* [[Agency (psychology)]], an attribute of humans and non-human animals
* [[Agent (economics)]], an actor and decision maker in a model
* [[Agent (grammar)]], in linguistics, the thematic relation of a cause or initiator to an event
* [[Agent noun]], a word identifying an actor, derived from a word denoting an action
* [[Cleaning agent]], a substance used to remove bad smells, clutter, dirt, dust, or stains on surfaces

== See also ==
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* [[Agency (disambiguation)]]
* [[Agent 13 (disambiguation)]]
* [[Agent X (disambiguation)]]
* [[Bot (disambiguation)]]
* ''[[Get Smart]]'', an American comedy TV series which parodies the secret agent genre
* [[Secret Agent (disambiguation)]]
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