LOOPS EXPLAINED: WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS ACROSS CLAUDE, GPT, AND EVERY OTHER MODEL YOU'RE RUNNING. Most people think a loop is just "run the same prompt on a schedule." It's not. A working loop has a defined stop condition, a verification step that isn't self-report, and a clear handoff to the next step. The difference between a loop that compounds and one that just burns tokens in circles is architecture, not the model underneath it. Full breakdown below.(CyrilXBT)