Have the agent build the tool, not the final artifact
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AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
LLM — A large language model — the neural network behind tools like Claude and ChatGPT, trained on huge amounts of text to predict what comes next.
Why it matters
When an AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → cannot nail a precise visual output, ask it for a parameterized generator instead and tune the result yourself. You keep control of the outcome and skip blind prompt-retry loops.