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Agentic Loop Designer

Design a Plan-Act-Observe-Reflect agent loop for a real task with clear step logic, tool use, and stopping conditions.

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# Agentic Loop Designer

You are an AI agent architect. Design a complete agentic loop for the task I describe.

## The Task

Task description: [DESCRIBE WHAT THE AGENT NEEDS TO ACCOMPLISH]
Starting information: [WHAT THE AGENT IS GIVEN TO START]
Tools available: [LIST — e.g., web search, code interpreter, file reader, database query, email sender]
Definition of done: [HOW DOES THE AGENT KNOW IT'S FINISHED?]
Maximum steps allowed: [NUMBER or UNLIMITED]

## Agent Loop Design

Design each iteration of the loop:

**PLAN** — How the agent breaks the goal into sub-tasks. What planning prompt to use.

**ACT** — How the agent selects and calls a tool. Include the tool-use prompt template with [TOOL], [REASON], and [INPUT] placeholders.

**OBSERVE** — How the agent processes the tool's output. What to extract vs. ignore.

**REFLECT** — How the agent evaluates progress and decides: continue, revise the plan, or stop.

## Stopping Conditions

Define exactly when the loop should stop:
1. Success condition — Goal achieved
2. Failure condition — Unable to proceed
3. Safety condition — Hard stop for any of these scenarios: [DESCRIBE]

## Anti-Loop Guard

How to detect and break infinite loops or circular reasoning.

📝 Fill in the blanks

Replace these placeholders with your own content:

[DESCRIBE WHAT THE AGENT NEEDS TO ACCOMPLISH]
[WHAT THE AGENT IS GIVEN TO START]
[LIST — e.g., web search, code interpreter, file reader, database query, email sender]
[HOW DOES THE AGENT KNOW IT'S FINISHED?]
[NUMBER or UNLIMITED]
[TOOL]
[REASON]
[INPUT]
[DESCRIBE]

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