Planning
Direct execution, plan-then-execute, replanning, ReAct — and when planning only adds cost.
Planning Strategies
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Four ways to turn a goal into actions — direct execution, plan-then-execute, replanning, and the ReAct loop — each with a different profile of token cost, latency and robustness to surprises.
When Planning Helps
Explicit planning pays off on long-horizon tasks with dependencies or parallelisable subtasks; on simple tasks it only adds latency and cost — so decide with a rubric, evaluate plan quality, and enforce step budgets.