analysis_claude_code/docs/en/s01-the-agent-loop.md
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# s01: The Agent Loop
`[ s01 ] s02 > s03 > s04 > s05 > s06 | s07 > s08 > s09 > s10 > s11 > s12`
> *"One loop & Bash is all you need"* -- one tool + one loop = an agent.
## Problem
A language model can reason about code, but it can't *touch* the real world -- can't read files, run tests, or check errors. Without a loop, every tool call requires you to manually copy-paste results back. You become the loop.
## Solution
```
+--------+ +-------+ +---------+
| User | ---> | LLM | ---> | Tool |
| prompt | | | | execute |
+--------+ +---+---+ +----+----+
^ |
| tool_result |
+----------------+
(loop until stop_reason != "tool_use")
```
One exit condition controls the entire flow. The loop runs until the model stops calling tools.
## How It Works
1. User prompt becomes the first message.
```python
messages.append({"role": "user", "content": query})
```
2. Send messages + tool definitions to the LLM.
```python
response = client.messages.create(
model=MODEL, system=SYSTEM, messages=messages,
tools=TOOLS, max_tokens=8000,
)
```
3. Append the assistant response. Check `stop_reason` -- if the model didn't call a tool, we're done.
```python
messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": response.content})
if response.stop_reason != "tool_use":
return
```
4. Execute each tool call, collect results, append as a user message. Loop back to step 2.
```python
results = []
for block in response.content:
if block.type == "tool_use":
output = run_bash(block.input["command"])
results.append({
"type": "tool_result",
"tool_use_id": block.id,
"content": output,
})
messages.append({"role": "user", "content": results})
```
Assembled into one function:
```python
def agent_loop(query):
messages = [{"role": "user", "content": query}]
while True:
response = client.messages.create(
model=MODEL, system=SYSTEM, messages=messages,
tools=TOOLS, max_tokens=8000,
)
messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": response.content})
if response.stop_reason != "tool_use":
return
results = []
for block in response.content:
if block.type == "tool_use":
output = run_bash(block.input["command"])
results.append({
"type": "tool_result",
"tool_use_id": block.id,
"content": output,
})
messages.append({"role": "user", "content": results})
```
That's the entire agent in under 30 lines. Everything else in this course layers on top -- without changing the loop.
## What Changed
| Component | Before | After |
|---------------|------------|--------------------------------|
| Agent loop | (none) | `while True` + stop_reason |
| Tools | (none) | `bash` (one tool) |
| Messages | (none) | Accumulating list |
| Control flow | (none) | `stop_reason != "tool_use"` |
## Try It
```sh
cd learn-claude-code
python agents/s01_agent_loop.py
```
1. `Create a file called hello.py that prints "Hello, World!"`
2. `List all Python files in this directory`
3. `What is the current git branch?`
4. `Create a directory called test_output and write 3 files in it`