🎯 Core Goals
- Walk through the lifecycle of an agent’s decision-making.
- Understand why agents operate in cycles, not linear sequences.
Agents don’t just “do it.” They think, act, and then look at what happened. This cycle — the Agentic Loop — is what allows them to handle complex, messy real-world tasks.
👁️ Visuals & Interactives
The Agentic Loop
Watch an agent cycle through its workflow to solve a task.
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Perceive
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Plan
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Act
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Observe
Ready to Start
Task: "Research latest AI safety news and summarize findings."
📝 Key Concepts
- Perceive: Reads the task and the current environment.
- Plan: Decides which tools to use and what steps to take.
- Act: Executes a tool (like a web search or a file edit).
- Observe: Looks at the result of the action. Was it successful? Did it give us what we needed?
This loop continues until the agent believes the task is finished or it hits a safety limit (like a timeout or maximum number of steps).