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.
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.
agent harness — The scaffolding around a model that turns it into a working agent — the loop, the tools it can call, and the rules for when to stop.
Why it matters
Any metric you can measure and re-measure automatically can become the objective of an 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 →; the CI-time case shows the pattern applied to ordinary build engineering rather than model training.
