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.
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A first-hand retrospective from Claude Code's early team on the design calls that shaped the 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 → — useful pattern-matching for anyone building coding agents.