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Free preview: ReAct and plan-and-execute — AI Agents & Autonomous Workflow Automation

Free preview lesson · AI Agents & Autonomous Workflow Automation · Module 1: Agent architectures

ReAct and plan-and-execute

An agent is a loop: the model reasons about a goal, chooses an action, observes the result and repeats until done.

Reason

The model decides what to do next given the goal and what it has seen.

Act

It calls a tool, such as a search or an API.

Observe

The result is added to context and the loop continues.

Common pitfall

Giving an agent powerful tools without limits or review.

Action step

Write down a three-step task and the tools an agent would need for each step.

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