Error Recovery and Retry Policy for the Agent Loop

Design the retry, backoff, and give-up behavior that separates production agents from demos that loop forever.

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Chain

Inputs

Step 1

flow-error-recovery-retry-policy-loop-1-build-the-error-taxonomy

Step 2

flow-error-recovery-retry-policy-loop-2-implement-retries-and-corrective-feedbac

Step 3

flow-error-recovery-retry-policy-loop-3-add-the-loop-breaker

Step 4

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Final output

No inputs required — hit Run to stream each step in order.

Each step streams from its model and feeds the next. BYOK — you pay your provider directly. Add a key in Settings if a step needs one.

Step 1 · Recovery starts with classification - each class gets a different answer.

flow-error-recovery-retry-policy-loop-1-build-the-error-taxonomy

Claude Sonnet 4.6→ {{step_1}}

Awaiting upstream steps…

Step 2 · Machines handle transient noise; models handle their own mistakes.

flow-error-recovery-retry-policy-loop-2-implement-retries-and-corrective-feedbac

Claude Sonnet 4.6→ {{step_2}}

Awaiting upstream steps…

Step 3 · The signature failure of autonomous agents is trying the same thing forever.

flow-error-recovery-retry-policy-loop-3-add-the-loop-breaker

Claude Sonnet 4.6→ {{step_3}}

Awaiting upstream steps…

Step 4 · Ending well matters as much as running well.

flow-error-recovery-retry-policy-loop-4-build-honest-escalation-and-test-the-ful

Claude Sonnet 4.6→ {{step_4}}

Awaiting upstream steps…

Design the retry, backoff, and give-up behavior that separates production agents from demos that loop forever.

1
Recovery starts with classification - each class gets a different answer.
Runs flow-error-recovery-retry-policy-loop-1-build-the-error-taxonomy on Claude Sonnet 4.6
2
Machines handle transient noise; models handle their own mistakes.
Runs flow-error-recovery-retry-policy-loop-2-implement-retries-and-corrective-feedbac on Claude Sonnet 4.6
3
The signature failure of autonomous agents is trying the same thing forever.
Runs flow-error-recovery-retry-policy-loop-3-add-the-loop-breaker on Claude Sonnet 4.6
4
Ending well matters as much as running well.
Runs flow-error-recovery-retry-policy-loop-4-build-honest-escalation-and-test-the-ful on Claude Sonnet 4.6

•Recurring tasks you currently copy-paste between tools.
•When a single prompt isn't enough — you need a chain where output(n) feeds prompt(n+1).
•Fork and adapt if your inputs differ materially from the author's use case.

Claude Sonnet 4.6