Reflexion: Make an AI Agent Learn From Its Own Mistakes
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An agent that fails a task and just… tries the same thing again is useless. Reflexion gives it a memory of its own mistakes: fail → write a lesson → retry with that lesson in context. It's learning without touching the weights. 🪞 Watch it fail, reflect, then nail it: https://dev48v.infy.uk/prompt/day20-reflexion.html The loop Attempt the task. Evaluate — tests, a checker, or a self-critique say pass/fail (with a reason). On failure, reflect — the model writes a short verbal lesson: "I assumed…
1Key Takeaways
- An agent that fails a task and just… tries the same thing again is useless.
- Reflexion gives it a memory of its own mistakes: fail → write a lesson → retry with that lesson in context.
- It's learning without touching the weights.
- 🪞 Watch it fail, reflect, then nail it: https://dev48v.infy.uk/prompt/day20-reflexion.html The loop Attempt the task.
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Prompt and agent patterns spread fast; staying current saves time and token cost. DEV — Prompt Engineering reports that an agent that fails a task and just… tries the same thing again is useless.
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