autonomous-agent-patterns

1# 🕹️ Autonomous Agent Patterns
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3> Design patterns for building autonomous coding agents, inspired by [Cline](https://github.com/cline/cline) and [OpenAI Codex](https://github.com/openai/codex).
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5## When to Use This Skill
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7Use this skill when:
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9- Building autonomous AI agents
10- Designing tool/function calling APIs
11- Implementing permission and approval systems
12- Creating browser automation for agents
13- Designing human-in-the-loop workflows
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17## 1. Core Agent Architecture
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19### 1.1 Agent Loop
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21```
22┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
23│                     AGENT LOOP                               │
24│                                                              │
25│  ┌──────────┐    ┌──────────┐    ┌──────────┐              │
26│  │  Think   │───▶│  Decide  │───▶│   Act    │              │
27│  │ (Reason) │    │ (Plan)   │    │ (Execute)│              │
28│  └──────────┘    └──────────┘    └──────────┘              │
29│       ▲                               │                     │
30│       │         ┌──────────┐          │                     │
31│       └─────────│ Observe  │◀─────────┘                     │
32│                 │ (Result) │                                │
33│                 └──────────┘                                │
34└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
35```
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37```python
38class AgentLoop:
39    def __init__(self, llm, tools, max_iterations=50):
40        self.llm = llm
41        self.tools = {t.name: t for t in tools}
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