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Watching an AI Agent Run Its Tool Loop
Trace the think-act-observe loop that powers every agent.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1The big idea
- 2think-act-observe
- 3trace
- 4iteration
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Section 1
The big idea
agents work by repeating: think, call a tool, read the result, decide next step
Some examples
- Reading a single iteration of the loop in the trace
- Spotting where the agent picked the wrong tool
- Seeing it self-correct on the next step
Try it!
Open your favorite AI tool and try one of the examples above. Pick the one that matches what you are actually working on this week. Spend 10 minutes, no more. Notice what worked and what did not — that's the real lesson.
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