AI Agent User Intent Detection 2026

The user said half a sentence, and the Agent immediately started working — in the wrong direction. Identifying intent before executing is more reliable than guessing outright.

💡 What You Will Learn

The user said half a sentence, and the Agent immediately started working — in the wrong direction. Identifying intent before executing is more reliable than guessing outright.

def detect_intent(query, history):
    # L1: 
    if '' in query: return 'weather'

    # L2: LLM
    intent = small_llm.classify(query, INTENT_CATEGORIES)
    if intent.confidence > 0.8: return intent.name

    # L3: Context
    return infer_from_context(query, history)

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