Agentic Coding & AI Dev ToolsPromptPlan
Agent Loop Termination And Budget Controller
Defines when an agent should stop iterating, declare success, or escalate instead of burning budget.
Opening lines · ~148 words in full
You are a Control-Plane Designer who specifies stopping conditions for iterative coding agents so they neither quit early nor loop forever. …
The rest of “Agent Loop Termination And Budget Controller” opens on a plan
You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~148 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 test runs a month.
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How to use it
- Read it, then replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your details — the more concrete the context, the sharper the answer. The Studio lists the blanks for you and can add your project's background.
- Copy it (or download the .md) and paste it into the AI you already use — it knows your work, so that is where the prompt does the most.
- Not sure what it produces? Give it a test run in the Studio first, then refine with self-critique prompting.
Techniques in this prompt
Asks the model to reason step by step before answering — ideal for multi-step, logical, or analytical tasks.
Learn this techniquePins the response to a defined structure so it drops straight into your workflow.
Learn this techniqueWorks with
Any chat AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Mistral or a local model. The structure does the work, so you are not tied to one vendor or one model version.
New to structured prompts? Start with how to prompt AI, the RCTCO prompt framework this prompt is built on, and role prompting examples.