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# Deterministic Agent Workflows vs. Autonomous Loops

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## Why Unbounded Autonomous Loops Burn Tokens and Fail SLA Targets

Giving an LLM 25 tools and an open-ended while loop is a recipe for 40-second latencies and unpredictable bills. Break complex jobs into explicit DAG steps with typed handoffs.

Copied! 🐾📄 src/lib/workflow.tstypescript

```
export async function runTriagedWorkflow(input: string) {
  const intent = input.includes("course") ? "course_lookup" : "general_qa";
  return { intent, routedAt: new Date().toISOString() };
}
```

## Production Architecture Takeaway

Cap tool-calling loops to a strict maximum step count and use deterministic routing whenever the control flow is known upfront.

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### Core Architecture & Production Implementation

- [1.1Why TypeScript Won the AI Application Layer](/course/full-stack-ai-agents-typescript/lesson/why-typescript-won-the-ai-application-layer)
- [1.2Deterministic Agent Workflows vs. Autonomous Loops▶](/course/full-stack-ai-agents-typescript/lesson/deterministic-agent-workflows-vs-autonomous-loops)
- [1.3Hybrid Web AI: Routing Between Browser Gemini Nano & Cloud Models](/course/full-stack-ai-agents-typescript/lesson/hybrid-web-ai-routing-browser-gemini-nano-cloud)
- [1.4Serverless GPUs Without Dockerfiles (RunPod Flash)](/course/full-stack-ai-agents-typescript/lesson/serverless-gpus-without-dockerfiles-runpod-flash)
- [1.5Agent Evals, Guardrails & Spend Caps in Production](/course/full-stack-ai-agents-typescript/lesson/agent-evals-guardrails-spend-caps-in-production)

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