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.
agentic loop — The cycle an agent runs in: decide, call a tool, read the result, decide again — repeating until the goal is met or a stop condition fires.
Why it matters
Gives a concrete pattern for combining automated and human control in the same agentic loopThe cycle an agent runs in: decide, call a tool, read the result, decide again — repeating until the goal is met or a stop condition fires.Full definition →, letting a task fail over to a person instead of failing outright 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 → hits ambiguous UI.
