Simon Willison 11/7/2025

You should write an agent

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Reflecting on Thomas Ptacek's blog post, this article discusses the ease and educational value of creating a basic AI agent. It emphasizes that implementing a simple agentic loop that prompts an LLM and executes tools is a foundational and surprisingly insightful experience for developers entering AI engineering.

You should write an agent

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