How do you prevent an Agent from getting stuck in an infinite loop (e.g., Tool A keeps calling Tool B, which calls Tool A)?

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You can implement a State Machine with a max_iterations counter (e.g., 10 turns). If the agent hasn't reached a "Final Answer" by then, you force it to stop and summarize what it found, preventing an expensive infinite loop.

How do you prevent an Agent from getting stuck in an infinite loop (e.g., Tool A keeps calling Tool B, which calls Tool A)?

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