How to design AI agent loops: schedules, goals, and subagents in Claude Code and Codex
Loops are automated, self-prompting workflows that allow AI agents to perform tasks on a schedule or until a goal is met, reducing manual prompting and enabling scalable automation in software engineering and beyond. The speaker emphasizes that while prompting is still useful, the future
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