Common questions.
What is Planning Loop?
A planning loop is the iterative cycle in which an agent breaks a goal into subtasks, selects tools or actions, executes them, evaluates the result, and re-plans if needed.
How is Planning Loop used in production?
Because the plan can change mid-execution, the steps an agent actually takes are often not the ones it first proposed.
Which terms are related to Planning Loop?
Closely related concepts include Agentic Design Patterns, Plan-and-Execute (Agent Pattern), Multi-Agent System, Agent Framework. Each is defined in the Prefactor glossary.