What is a reason?
A stage in the agentic loop in which the agent determines what to do.
reason explained in plain English
A stage in the agentic loop in which the agent determines what to do. For example, the agent might determine that a particular API request should be sent.
Example
Practitioners refer to reason when building, training, or evaluating machine learning systems. It appears in research papers, product documentation, and technical discussions about AI capabilities and limitations.
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