The Problem with the Classic Agent Loop Most AI agent tutorials show you the same pattern....
The Problem with the Classic Agent Loop
Most AI agent tutorials show you the same pattern. You write a while True: loop. The AI calls a tool, gets a result, and calls another tool, again and again, until it decides to stop. It looks simple. It looks clean. But this pattern breaks easily once you try to use it for real.
Here is what that classic loop looks like in code:
# The classic "ReAct loop" — simple to write, risky to run
def react_agent(query: str, max_steps: int = 50):
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