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
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 → with tool access was driven end-to-end through intrusions against roughly thirty organizations with minimal human input, moving 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 → misuse from theoretical threat model to documented incident.
