The Loadout Pattern: Handing the Wheel to an Autonomous LLM The core idea Conventional automation executes a procedure — code runs a fixed sequence of steps and decides nothing; same input, same path, every time. The loadout pattern keeps the steps but moves the deciding to the model. At each step the brain — an autonomous LLM — judges : what matters, which tool to reach for, whether to act at all. It's handed a purpose and the latitude to pursue it, and it drives ...