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Loops, budgets and stopping conditions

If you are going to build the loop, build the brakes first: step caps, token caps, repetition detection and a visible trace.

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You should now be able to

  • Enforce step, token and time limits on an agent loop
  • Detect a loop repeating itself and break out
  • Make every step inspectable after the fact
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