Understanding the Reasoning Engine

“If you want to pass the Agentforce Specialist exam, you MUST know what the reasoning engine

does — and what it doesn’t do.” The reasoning engine is the brain of Agentforce.

It’s responsible for planning, sequencing, and coordinating every action an

agent takes. Here’s the exam version: 👉 LLM = understands language

But… 👉 Reasoning Engine = decides what to do with that understanding On the exam,

any question that mentions: “planning steps” “choosing the correct topic”

“mapping intent to actions” “orchestrating workflows” “handling multi-step tasks”

The answer is almost ALWAYS the Reasoning Engine. It chooses the topic, determines the actions,