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 "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/agent-loop",
 "slug": "agent-loop",
 "prefLabel": "Agent loop",
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  "Agentic loop"
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 "definition": "The cycle an agent repeats: decide the next step, take it with a tool, look at the result, and go again until the job is done or something stops it.",
 "scopeNote": "Google for Developers (Machine Learning Glossary) says: “A cycle that an agent iterates through until a termination condition is met.”",
 "tier": null,
 "group": "Connections and systems",
 "broader": [
  "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/agent-harness"
 ],
 "narrower": [],
 "related": [
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/loop-engineering",
   "type": "confused"
  }
 ],
 "links": [],
 "modified": "2026-10-21",
 "markdown": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/agent-loop.md",
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