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agent loop

noun \ˈā-jənt ˈlüp\

also agentic loop or agentic looping

TopicAgents & Tools Senses1

Definition of agent loop

  1. : the repeating cycle at the heart of an agent: the model decides on an action, a tool carries it out, the result or evaluation is fed back, and the model decides again until the task is done or a stopping condition is reached

    • Each turn of the agent loop costs tokens, so long tasks add up.
    • The bug made the agent loop forever trying the same command.
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