← Back to glossary Glossary

GitOps (Agent)

Reviewed 19 July 2026 Canonical definition Part of: Agent Reliability & Deployment Terms →

GitOps for AI agents is the practice of managing agent configuration, prompts, policies, and deployment definitions as code in version-controlled repositories, so that the current state of all agents in production can be reproduced from source, every change is reviewed and approved, and rollback is as simple as reverting a commit.

§01 / QUESTIONSterm: GitOps (Agent)
Questions

Common questions.

What is GitOps (Agent)?

GitOps for AI agents is the practice of managing agent configuration, prompts, policies, and deployment definitions as code in version-controlled repositories, so that the current state of all agents in production can be reproduced from source, every change is reviewed and approved, and rollback is as simple as reverting a commit.

Which terms are related to GitOps (Agent)?

Closely related concepts include Agent CI/CD, Shadow Testing (Agent), Environment Promotion (Agent), Prompt Version Control. Each is defined in the Prefactor glossary.

§02 / RELATEDnext: where this fits
Keep reading

Where this fits.

See how every agent performs, and make it better

Prefactor helps teams observe, evaluate, and improve their AI agents in production, across every framework and provider.