Retry logic solves the tool call. Loop engineering solves everything above it. Most teams have the first. Almost no one has the second -- and that gap is exactly what production exposes.

In this episode:

- The Gap Retry Logic Doesn't Close

- Six Loop Archetypes -- Know Which One You're Running

- Why Loops Are the Billing Multiplier Nobody Puts in the Estimate

- The Five Loop Failure Modes

- Six Engineering Principles

- When to Use Loops (And When Not To)

You will leave with a concrete pre-deployment checklist and the architectural frame that the model providers don't ship with the SDK. Practical, production-focused, no doom.

Signal Over Noise is a weekly intelligence briefing on Agentic AI for enterprise technology leaders and builders, hosted by Srini Karlekar.