YUNOVA · LLM Fundamentals · Module 13: Agents, safety and multimodal

AI agents and tool-use loops

Notes for offline study · 3 November 2026

AI agents and tool-use loops

Key points

  • An agent is a model that calls tools in a loop to complete a task.
  • Each step: the model picks a tool, the tool runs, and the result goes back to the model.
  • The loop ends when the model gives a final answer or hits a step limit.