In artificial intelligence, an embodied agent, also sometimes referred to as an interface agent, is an intelligent agent that interacts with the environment through a physical body within that environment.

Interface agents are computer programs that provide personalized assistance to users with their computer-based tasks. Most interface agents achieve personalization by learning a user’s preferences in a given application domain and assisting him according to them.

Interface agent is a software agent that supports the user in accomplishing certain tasks or performs tasks on the user’s behalf.