# The Agentic Development Cycle - How AI Agents Actually Build Software

> AI agents do not just autocomplete code - they run a full observe-plan-act-reflect loop. Here is what structurally changes when the implementation loop is no longer yours to run.

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Edition: Article 03 · March 2026
Tags: Agents, Automation, LLMs
Reading time: 11 min read

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