An agent is not just a smarter chatbot. It is a model connected to tools and placed…
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An agent is not just a smarter chatbot. It is a model connected to tools and placed inside a loop. The core architecture is simple: model, tools, loop. The model generates text from text input. Tools can be MCP servers, third-party tools, web search, or Python functions. The loop enables repeated iterations and tool calls, distinguishing an agent from a single-response chatbot and supporting task solving alongside the model and tools. For builders moving beyond single-turn interfaces, this decomposition makes the design surface easier to inspect. My design takeaway: the model is only the r
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