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Cut two things out of an agent loop and it stops working

One hand-written agent harness, five switches, the same model and the same task. Removing the context budget or the error feedback dropped completion from 3/3 to 0/3. How much of an agent is the loop, and how much is the scaffolding around it? I wanted a number, so I measured it. I wrote one harnes…

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  1. 2026-11-01 08:02 · DEV Community — AI
    Cut two things out of an agent loop and it stops working

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