# What actually is a loop

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What actually is a loop? The Claude Code team defines it as an agent repeating cycles of work until a stop condition is met\. Here are the four types, and when to reach for each\.

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- Source published: 2026\-10\-28T16:18:34\.845Z
- Captured: 2026\-11\-09
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