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github cobusgreyling loop engineering practical patterns starters cli tools for loop engineering with ai coding agents design systems that prompt and orchestrate agents inspired by addy osmani and boris cherny includes loop audit loop init loop cost github skip to content navigation menu toggle navigation sign in appearance settings platform ai code creation github copilot write better code with ai github copilot app direct agents from issue to merge mcp registry new integrate external tools developer workflows actions automate any workflow codespaces instant dev environments issues plan and track work code review manage code changes application security github advanced security find and fix vulnerabilities code security secure your code as you build secret protection stop leaks before they start explore why github documentation blog changelog marketplace view all features solutions by company size enterprises small and medium teams startups nonprofits by use case app modernization 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open more actions menu folders and files name name last commit message last commit date latest commit history 220 commits 220 commits github github assets assets docs docs examples examples patterns patterns resources resources scripts scripts skills skills starters starters stories stories templates templates tools tools gitignore gitignore agents md agents md codeowners codeowners contributing md contributing md contributors md contributors md license license loop md loop md readme md readme md release_notes_draft md release_notes_draft md release_notes_v1 5 0 md release_notes_v1 5 0 md security md security md state md state md _config yml _config yml loop budget md loop budget md loop constraints md loop constraints md loop run log md loop run log md package lock json package lock json package json package json view all files repository files navigation readme contributing mit license security more items loop engineering stop prompting design the loop get a score npx cobusgreyling loop init loop init scaffolds skills state and budget files then prints your loop ready score and first loop command swap tool for claude codex or opencode loop engineering replaces you as the person who prompts the agent you design the system that does it instead new here quickstart 5 min interactive picker for developers using grok claude code codex cursor and other ai coding agents interactive showcase pattern picker essay addy osmani contents quickstart 5 min quick links why this matters the five building blocks memory patterns getting started 5 minutes examples by tool operating safety caveats contributing sources license quick links start here description quickstart 5 min scaffold cost check audit first loop start here if you just landed loop engineering essay the concept primitives and grok mapping read for the why pattern picker which loop to run first start here if unsure primitives matrix cross tool loop primitive mapping bookmark this loop design checklist ship readiness rubric patterns 7 production patterns interactive picker starters clone and run kits grok claude code codex opencode opencode examples cli first loops cron systemd opencode run skills worktrees loop audit loop readiness score cli v1 6 constraints governance scoring npx cobusgreyling loop audit suggest badge for readme loop init scaffold starters budget run log constraints v1 4 npx cobusgreyling loop init pattern daily triage tool grok loop cost token spend estimator npx cobusgreyling loop cost loop sync drift detection between state md and loop md npx cobusgreyling loop sync loop context stateful memory manager circuit breaker for long runs npx cobusgreyling loop context check ledger run json loop mcp server mcp runtime lookup for patterns skills state npx cobusgreyling loop mcp server loop worktree manage isolated git worktrees per fix attempt npx cobusgreyling loop worktree create run id id pattern p goal engineering companion loops discover goals finish goal stack cookbook npx cobusgreyling goal doctor stories real wins and honest failures contributor quickstart help wanted 21 scoped good first issues comment i ll take this to get assigned community update july 4 5 5k stars traffic sources contributor merges community week jul 8 loop worktree npm mcp quickstart tool appendices maintenance jul 10 doc sync branch prune loop audit 1 6 0 follow up prior release notes v1 5 0 loop sync constraints mcp server add your project pinned loop ready badge adopters list why this matters peter steinberger you shouldn t be prompting coding agents anymore you should be designing loops that prompt your agents boris cherny head of claude code at anthropic i don t prompt claude anymore i have loops running that prompt claude and figuring out what to do my job is to write loops the leverage point has moved from crafting individual prompts to designing the control systems that orchestrate agents over time the five building blocks memory primitive job in the loop automations scheduling discovery triage on a cadence worktrees safe parallel execution skills persistent project knowledge plugins connectors reach into your real tools mcp sub agents maker checker split memory state durable spine outside any conversation full detail docs primitives md cross tool matrix docs primitives matrix md visual overview anatomy of a loop mermaid diagram copy friendly flowchart lr a schedule automation b triage skill b c read write state memory c d isolated worktree d e implementer sub agent e f verifier sub agent br tests gates f g mcp git tickets g h human gate h safe allowlisted i commit pr action h risky ambiguous j escalate to human br with full context i a j a loading this reference repo now runs its own validate patterns audit workflows on every push pr see github workflows we also added loop md describing the loops that will maintain it patterns pattern cadence starter week 1 token cost daily triage 1d 2h minimal loop l1 report low pr babysitter 5 15m pr babysitter l1 watch high ci sweeper 5 15m ci sweeper l2 cautious very high dependency sweeper 6h 1d dependency sweeper l2 patch only medium changelog drafter 1d or tag changelog drafter l1 draft low post merge cleanup 1d 6h post merge cleanup l1 off peak low issue triage 2h 1d issue triage l1 propose only low not sure which to pick try the interactive picker or pattern picker machine readable index patterns registry yaml 7 patterns getting started 5 minutes 1 scaffold get your loop ready score printed automatically npx cobusgreyling loop init pattern daily triage tool grok 2 estimate token spend for your cadence npx cobusgreyling loop cost pattern daily triage level l1 3 re audit after improvements npx cobusgreyling loop audit suggest optional paste loop ready badge into your readme npx cobusgreyling loop audit badge 4 see scores climb empty l1 l2 bash scripts before after demo sh 5 start report only grok example loop 1d run loop triage update state md no auto fix in week one all npm clis publish from tagged releases see docs release md no clone required develop from source monorepo contributors cd tools loop init npm ci npm test node dist cli js path to project pattern daily triage tool grok cd tools loop audit npm ci npm test node dist cli js path to project suggest cd tools loop cost npm ci npm test node dist cli js pattern ci sweeper cadence 15m phased rollout l1 report l2 assisted fixes l3 unattended see loop design checklist examples by tool grok claude code codex openclaw opencode github actions operating safety failure modes incident style catalog anti patterns design mistakes before production multi loop coordination when loops collide operating loops cost logging when to kill safety denylist auto merge mcp scopes security reporting and unattended automation risks concepts intent debt comprehension debt harness vs loop mcp cookbook connector examples by pattern caveats loop engineering amplifies judgment both good and bad token costs can explode with sub agents and long running loops verification is still on you unattended loops make unattended mistakes comprehension debt grows faster unless you read what the loop ships two people can run the same loop and get opposite results the loop doesn t know you do addy osmani build the loop but build it like someone who intends to stay the engineer not just the person who presses go help wanted first pr start with the contributor quickstart 10 min to 1 hr tasks with same day review on stories and adopters see contributors md for everyone who has shipped so far pick one issue 10 min 120 add your project to adopters 15 min 118 daily triage story 119 pr babysitter failure story 15 min 226 loop sync subsection in quickstart 20 min 117 continue dev row in primitives matrix 30 min 147 cline appendix 220 cursor ci sweeper example 30 min 221 cursor post merge cleanup 224 cursor issue triage 30 min 195 roo code appendix 196 github copilot appendix 45 min 225 hermes pr babysitter example 231 loop init validation checklist 1 hr 229 230 your story worktree week two multi loop failure 1 hr 173 issue triage week one story comment i ll take this on any good first issue for assignment contributing share production patterns tool mappings and failure stories see contributing md contribution ladder good first issue backlog adopters and github discussions sources cobus greyling loop engineering substack addy osmani loop engineering attribution further reading license mit practical tool aware reference for loop engineering patterns you can clone checklists you can ship against and stories that include what broke essay showcase cobus greyling static chart ci updated daily live chart needs a github token stored in your browser only about practical patterns starters cli tools for loop engineering with ai coding agents design systems that prompt and orchestrate agents inspired by addy osmani and boris cherny includes loop audit loop init loop cost cobusgreyling github io loop engineering topics automation 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