# Agentic Sequence

## Overview

Agent component sequences are chains of component invocations that represent user or agent workflows. Identifying these sequences is critical for:

* Detecting logic-based vulnerabilities in agentic workflows
* Improving red teaming coverage
* Understanding agent usage patterns and behavior
* Identifying potential security risks in multi-step operations

Akto automatically detects component sequences based on traffic patterns and presents them with visual flow charts and associated statistics.

## Component Sequence Statistics

The **Component Sequences Overview** section gives a snapshot of the identified sequences:

* **Total Sequences**: Number of detected unique agent workflows
* **Total Transitions**: Number of component invocations between steps
* **Avg Probability**: Likelihood of these sequences occurring in real traffic (based on behavioral analysis)

Example metrics:

* **10 Total Sequences**
* **196 Total Transitions**
* **67.1% Avg Probability**

## How Sequences Are Formed

Akto analyzes live traffic to group agent components into sequences by:

1. **Temporal Proximity**: Component invocations made in close succession
2. **Entity Linkage**: Requests sharing identifiers (like `userId`, `sessionId`, `conversationId`)
3. **Agent Flow Logic**: Common patterns like `agent init → tool invocation → response generation`
4. **Data Dependencies**: When output from one component becomes input to another

Each node in the sequence represents a component (e.g., `agent/chat`, `mcp/filesystem/read`), and edges indicate transitions and data flow.

## Common Agent Sequence Patterns

### User Interaction Flow

```
User Request → Agent Router → Context Retrieval → LLM Invocation → Tool Execution → Response
```

### MCP Tool Chain

```
Agent Init → MCP Discovery → Tool Selection → Tool Invocation → Result Processing
```

### Multi-Agent Workflow

```
Primary Agent → Sub-Agent 1 → Sub-Agent 2 → Result Aggregation → Final Response
```

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