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COMPEL Glossary / plan-and-execute
Plan-and-Execute
A loop pattern where a planner step produces a multi-step plan, then an executor step carries each step out — with optional replanning after observations.
What this means in practice
Distinct from ReAct because planning is separated from action; useful for long-horizon tasks where global coherence matters more than per-step responsiveness.
Synonyms
planner-executor pattern , hierarchical agent pattern
See also
- ReAct — An agentic prompt pattern interleaving reasoning steps (Thought) and action steps (Act — typically a tool call) over multiple turns, with observations from each action feeding the next reasoning step.
- Agent loop — The iterative pattern in which a model plans, calls tools, observes the results, and replans — continuing until a goal is met, an iteration budget is exhausted, or a human intervenes.
- State graph — An agent execution modeled as a directed graph of states and transitions — each node is a reasoning or tool-call step, each edge is a conditional transition.