Agentic Loop

An agentic loop is the core execution cycle of an autonomous agent: observe the environment, reason about the next step, take an action, and evaluate the result.

Each stage of the loop is a point where the agent's behaviour can be observed, checked, or interrupted.

Closely related concepts include Multi-Agent System, Agentic Design Patterns, Agent Framework, Episodic Memory (Agent). Each is defined in the Prefactor glossary.