Method and apparatus for managing intelligent agent

The present invention can receive a user input comprising a request to perform a task using at least one of the application programs via at least one of a display or a microphone, transmit data related to the user input to an external server through a communication circuit, transmit version information on at least one of the application programs to the external server via the communication circuit together with the data transmission or after the data transmission, receive a pass rule as a response to the request from the external server via the communication circuit, and store instructions that cause an electronic device to perform the task by allowing the electronic device to have the sequence. The pass rule comprises information on a sequence of states of the electronic device for performing the task, and at least one of the states may be one determined by the external server on the basis of at least a portion of the version information.