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The anatomy of an AI agent: model, loop, tools, memory

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An AI agent is a language model wrapped in a loop that plans, calls tools and iterates toward a goal across many steps. Five components make one up. A model that picks the next action, a harness that runs the loop, tools that reach outside the model, memory that carries state, and a trajectory, the…

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