When an agent loops on tool calls, set max_iterations / recursion_limit in the…

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When an agent loops on tool calls, set max_iterations / recursion_limit in the framework (LangChain default 15, CrewAI default 25). Without a cap, runaway agents have burned through $10k+ in token costs in single sessions.

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