Agent loop

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Agent loop is The fundamental execution cycle.

83 facts·55 predicates·5 sources·12 in dispute

Mostly:has stop condition(6), rdf:type(4), depends on(4)

Inbound mentions (33)

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`implements`Implements(3)

Core While Loopex:core-while-loop
Loopex:loop
While Loopex:while-loop

`terminatesProcess`Terminates Process(3)

End Turnex:end-turn
Human Approvalex:human-approval
Max Iterationsex:max-iterations

`hasComponent`Has Component(2)

Agent Architectureex:agent-architecture
Core Ontologyex:core-ontology

`includes`Includes(2)

Core Ontologyex:core-ontology
Core Ontologyex:core-ontology

`containsItem`Contains Item(1)

Core Ontology Listex:core-ontology-list

`containsSection`Contains Section(1)

Source Documentex:source-document

`controls`Controls(1)

Human Approvalex:human-approval

`controlsTerminationOf`Controls Termination of(1)

Stop Conditionsex:stop-conditions

`demonstrates`Demonstrates(1)

Claude Codeex:claude-code

`dependsOn`Depends on(1)

Agent Systemsex:agent-systems

`emergesFrom`Emerges From(1)

Agent Systemsex:agent-systems

`enablesHumanControlOver`Enables Human Control Over(1)

Human Approvalex:human-approval

`for`For(1)

Full Turboex:full-turbo

`handlesErrorsFrom`Handles Errors From(1)

Error Handling Retryex:error-handling-retry

`indicatesCompletionOf`Indicates Completion of(1)

End Turnex:end-turn

`limits`Limits(1)

Max Iterationsex:max-iterations

`listsItem`Lists Item(1)

Message 2026 03 15 03 01 Travesex:message-2026-03-15-03-01-traves

`mentions`Mentions(1)

Source Documentex:source-document

`monitors`Monitors(1)

Observabilityex:observability

`postedCoreOntology`Posted Core Ontology(1)

Traves Thebergeex:traves-theberge

`preventsInfiniteExecutionOf`Prevents Infinite Execution of(1)

Max Iterationsex:max-iterations

`providesImplementationFor`Provides Implementation for(1)

Basic Loop Skeletonex:basic-loop-skeleton

`providesStructureFor`Provides Structure for(1)

Basic Loop Skeletonex:basic-loop-skeleton

`requires`Requires(1)

Agentex:agent

`sharedBetween`Shared Between(1)

End Turnex:end-turn

`terminates`Terminates(1)

End Turnex:end-turn

`triggersStop`Triggers Stop(1)

Human Approvalex:human-approval

Other facts (79)

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79 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Has Stop Condition	End Turn	[3]
Has Stop Condition	Human Approval	[3]
Has Stop Condition	Max Iterations	[3]
Has Stop Condition	End Turn	[5]
Has Stop Condition	Max Iterations	[5]
Has Stop Condition	Human Approval	[5]
Rdf:type	Concept	[4]
Rdf:type	Concept	[5]
Rdf:type	Process	[5]
Rdf:type	Ontology Component	[4]
Depends on	Model Layer	[4]
Depends on	Tool Registry	[4]
Depends on	Memory	[4]
Depends on	Orchestration	[4]
Requires	model-layer	[5]
Requires	tool-system	[5]
Requires	context-management	[5]
Requires	state-persistence	[5]
Component of	Agent Systems Architecture	[4]
Component of	Agent Architecture	[5]
Component of	Core Ontology	[4]
Implements	Control Flow	[5]
Implements	structure	[5]
Implements	state-machine	[5]
Stops on	end_turn	[5]
Stops on	max_iterations	[5]
Stops on	human approval	[5]
Described As	The fundamental execution cycle	[4]
Described As	Core Component	[5]
Related to	Orchestration	[4]
Related to	Control Flow	[5]
Has Subcomponent	Core While Loop	[5]
Has Subcomponent	Stop Conditions	[5]
Has Subsection	core-while-loop	[5]
Has Subsection	stop-conditions	[5]
Has Stop Conditions	end_turn, max_iterations, human approval	[1]
Is Core While Loop	basic loop skeleton	[1]
Is	The fundamental execution cycle	[2]
Forms Execution Cycle of	AI Agents	[2]
Central to	Agent	[3]
Necessitates	Stop Conditions	[3]
Is Core Component of	Agent	[3]
Has Core	While Loop	[3]
Implemented Via Code	basic loop skeleton	[3]
Part of	Core Ontology	[4]
Has Description	Fundamental Execution Cycle	[4]
Fundamental for	Agent Systems	[4]
Execution Pattern	Cyclic	[4]
Fundamental Execution Cycle	true	[4]
List Presentation Format	Hyphen Separated Description	[4]
Cyclic Process	true	[4]
Process Nature	Iterative	[4]
Has Component	Core While Loop	[5]
Involves	Basic Loop Skeleton	[5]
Uses	Core While Loop	[5]
Controls	Agent Execution	[5]
Manages	Agent Execution	[5]
Mentioned in	Source Document	[5]
Architecture Level	component	[5]
Scope	control-flow	[5]
Provides Control Structure for	Agent	[5]
Component Category	control	[5]
Control Mechanism	while-loop	[5]
Termination Mechanism	stop-conditions	[5]
Implements Control Flow for	Agent	[5]
Has Subsection Count	2	[5]
Implemented As	while-loop	[5]
Is Section in	source-document	[5]
Is Major Component of	agent-architecture	[5]
Has Number of Subsections	2	[5]
Describes	component-architecture	[5]
Begins in	active-state	[5]
During	execution	[5]
Description	The fundamental execution cycle	[4]
Part of Domain	Agent Systems	[4]
Purpose	fundamental execution	[4]
Enables Process	Agent Execution	[4]
Essential for	Agent Systems	[4]
Component of Ecosystem	Agent Systems Ecosystem	[4]

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hasStopConditionsblah/agents

end_turn, max_iterations, human approval

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isCoreWhileLoopblah/agents

basic loop skeleton

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isblah/agents/part-5

The fundamental execution cycle

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formsExecutionCycleOfblah/agents/part-5

ex:ai-agents

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centralToblah/agents/part-6

ex:agent

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necessitatesblah/agents/part-6

ex:stop-conditions

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isCoreComponentOfblah/agents/part-6

ex:agent

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hasCoreblah/agents/part-6

ex:while-loop

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implementedViaCodeblah/agents/part-6

basic loop skeleton

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hasStopConditionblah/agents/part-6

ex:end-turn

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hasStopConditionblah/agents/part-6

ex:human-approval

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hasStopConditionblah/agents/part-6

ex:max-iterations

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labelblah/agents/5

The Agent Loop

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typeblah/agents/5

ex:Concept

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partOfblah/agents/5

ex:core-ontology

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describedAsblah/agents/5

The fundamental execution cycle

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hasDescriptionblah/agents/5

ex:fundamental-execution-cycle

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fundamentalForblah/agents/5

ex:agent-systems

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componentOfblah/agents/5

ex:agent-systems-architecture

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executionPatternblah/agents/5

ex:cyclic

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fundamentalExecutionCycleblah/agents/5

true

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relatedToblah/agents/5

ex:orchestration

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listPresentationFormatblah/agents/5

ex:hyphen-separated-description

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cyclicProcessblah/agents/5

true

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processNatureblah/agents/5

ex:iterative

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dependsOnblah/agents/5

ex:model-layer

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dependsOnblah/agents/5

ex:tool-registry

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dependsOnblah/agents/5

ex:memory

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typeblah/agents/6

ex:Concept

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labelblah/agents/6

The Agent Loop

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hasComponentblah/agents/6

ex:core-while-loop

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involvesblah/agents/6

ex:basic-loop-skeleton

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hasStopConditionblah/agents/6

ex:end-turn

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hasStopConditionblah/agents/6

ex:max-iterations

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hasStopConditionblah/agents/6

ex:human-approval

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componentOfblah/agents/6

ex:agent-architecture

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usesblah/agents/6

ex:core-while-loop

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describedAsblah/agents/6

ex:core-component

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controlsblah/agents/6

ex:agent-execution

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managesblah/agents/6

ex:agent-execution

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relatedToblah/agents/6

ex:control-flow

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implementsblah/agents/6

ex:control-flow

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mentionedInblah/agents/6

ex:source-document

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architectureLevelblah/agents/6

component

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scopeblah/agents/6

control-flow

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providesControlStructureForblah/agents/6

ex:agent

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componentCategoryblah/agents/6

control

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hasSubcomponentblah/agents/6

ex:core-while-loop

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hasSubcomponentblah/agents/6

ex:stop-conditions

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controlMechanismblah/agents/6

while-loop

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terminationMechanismblah/agents/6

stop-conditions

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implementsControlFlowForblah/agents/6

ex:agent

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hasSubsectionCountblah/agents/6

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implementedAsblah/agents/6

while-loop

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stopsOnblah/agents/6

end_turn

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stopsOnblah/agents/6

max_iterations

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stopsOnblah/agents/6

human approval

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isSectionInblah/agents/6

source-document

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isMajorComponentOfblah/agents/6

agent-architecture

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hasSubsectionblah/agents/6

core-while-loop

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hasSubsectionblah/agents/6

stop-conditions

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hasNumberOfSubsectionsblah/agents/6

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requiresblah/agents/6

model-layer

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requiresblah/agents/6

tool-system

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requiresblah/agents/6

context-management

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requiresblah/agents/6

state-persistence

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implementsblah/agents/6

structure

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describesblah/agents/6

component-architecture

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implementsblah/agents/6

state-machine

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beginsInblah/agents/6

active-state

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duringblah/agents/6

execution

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labelblah/agents/6

Agent loop

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typeblah/agents/6

ex:Process

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labelblah/agents/5

Agent Loop

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typeblah/agents/5

ex:OntologyComponent

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descriptionblah/agents/5

The fundamental execution cycle

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componentOfblah/agents/5

ex:core-ontology

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partOfDomainblah/agents/5

ex:agent-systems

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purposeblah/agents/5

fundamental execution

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enablesProcessblah/agents/5

ex:agent-execution

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essentialForblah/agents/5

ex:agent-systems

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dependsOnblah/agents/5

ex:orchestration

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componentOfEcosystemblah/agents/5

ex:agent-systems-ecosystem

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  [2026-03-15 03:03] traves_theberge: The key insight: LLM + loop + tools = agent The Agent Loop The core while-loop Code: basic loop skeleton Stop conditions: end_turn, max_iterations, human approval Sampling (The Model Layer) Making API…

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Agent loop

Inbound mentions (33)

implementsImplements(3)

terminatesProcessTerminates Process(3)

hasComponentHas Component(2)

includesIncludes(2)

containsItemContains Item(1)

containsSectionContains Section(1)

controlsControls(1)

controlsTerminationOfControls Termination of(1)

demonstratesDemonstrates(1)

dependsOnDepends on(1)

emergesFromEmerges From(1)

enablesHumanControlOverEnables Human Control Over(1)

forFor(1)

handlesErrorsFromHandles Errors From(1)

indicatesCompletionOfIndicates Completion of(1)

limitsLimits(1)

listsItemLists Item(1)

mentionsMentions(1)

monitorsMonitors(1)

postedCoreOntologyPosted Core Ontology(1)

preventsInfiniteExecutionOfPrevents Infinite Execution of(1)

providesImplementationForProvides Implementation for(1)

providesStructureForProvides Structure for(1)

requiresRequires(1)

sharedBetweenShared Between(1)

terminatesTerminates(1)

triggersStopTriggers Stop(1)

Other facts (79)

Timeline

References (5)

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`implements`Implements(3)

`terminatesProcess`Terminates Process(3)

`hasComponent`Has Component(2)

`includes`Includes(2)

`containsItem`Contains Item(1)

`containsSection`Contains Section(1)

`controls`Controls(1)

`controlsTerminationOf`Controls Termination of(1)

`demonstrates`Demonstrates(1)

`dependsOn`Depends on(1)

`emergesFrom`Emerges From(1)

`enablesHumanControlOver`Enables Human Control Over(1)

`for`For(1)

`handlesErrorsFrom`Handles Errors From(1)

`indicatesCompletionOf`Indicates Completion of(1)

`limits`Limits(1)

`listsItem`Lists Item(1)

`mentions`Mentions(1)

`monitors`Monitors(1)

`postedCoreOntology`Posted Core Ontology(1)

`preventsInfiniteExecutionOf`Prevents Infinite Execution of(1)

`providesImplementationFor`Provides Implementation for(1)

`providesStructureFor`Provides Structure for(1)

`requires`Requires(1)

`sharedBetween`Shared Between(1)

`terminates`Terminates(1)

`triggersStop`Triggers Stop(1)