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What an AI Agent Really Is: A While-Loop in Disguise
A developer built four Go endpoints to understand AI agents, finding an agent is just a while-loop that calls an LLM with tool schemas. The loop sends messages, executes tool requests, and repeats until a final answer. Most agent problems map to existing software patterns like RPC dispatch and circuit breakers.
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The piece demystifies agents by stripping away hype, but the real challenge—reliably orchestrating multi-step tasks—remains harder than the loop suggests.
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