A Scoping Review of Agentic AI: Applications, Emerging Trends, Risks & Future Directions

Summary

This scoping review maps 163 peer-reviewed studies on Agentic AI published between 2017 and June 2026, drawn from IEEE Xplore, Scopus and ScienceDirect under PRISMA-ScR guidance. It identifies recurring architectural patterns such as governance middleware, multi-agent coordination and memory-enabled agency, and reports risks including memory poisoning, unsafe tool use, privacy leakage and prompt injection. Its application-domain proportions proved sensitive to database coverage, while the architectural signals stayed stable.

Topics

• AI agents

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