Paths/AI Engineer/Agent Engineering / Planning & Memory
Design a Planning Loop
The agent loop is plan, act, observe, repeat - with a hard ceiling. Write the loop configuration that keeps a run bounded and observable.
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01Requirements
live checks- File ~/agents/planner.json exists○
- The configuration defines the plan and act steps○
- The configuration caps the number of steps○
- The configuration records the observations○
02Walkthrough
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Create the agents directory
Loop configuration, tool manifests and memory schemas belong together.
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03Stuck?
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04AI Tutor
guides, never solvesTell me what you're stuck on — I'll nudge, not solve. Which requirement are you looking at?
04Notebook
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