Pattern
Turn-Based Loop
Run the agentic loop at human pace, with the user approving each turn before the next begins. Claude gathers context, acts, checks its work, repeats if the turn is not yet complete, and responds — and the human decides whether to continue, redirect, or stop. The stop decision never leaves the person at the keyboard.
Classification — Invocation type (the human holds the stop decision, per turn).
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