evolvelisted

# $evolve — Goal-Driven Compounding Loop > Measure what's wrong. Fix the worst thing. Measure again. Compound. **Codex orchestration default:** keep the skill name `$evolve`. In Codex, run the loop by chaining Codex skills: `$evolve` selects work and invokes complete `$rpi --auto` cycles. Treat retired CLI wrappers as terminal wrapper commands for humans or non-skill runtimes, not as the Codex skill default. **Operator cadence:** post-mortem finished work, analyze the current repo state, select or create the next highest-value work item, let `$rpi` handle research, planning, pre-mortem, implementation, and validation, then harvest follow-ups and repeat until a kill switch, max-cycle cap, regression breaker, or real dormancy stops the run. Always-on autonomous loop over `$rpi`. Work selection order: 1. **Harvested `.agents/rpi/next-work.jsonl` work** (freshest concrete follow-up) 2. **Open ready beads work** (`bd ready`) 3. **Failing goals and directive gaps** (`ao goals measure`) 4. **Testing improvements** (missing/thin coverage, missing regression tests) 5. **Validation tightening and bug-hunt passes** (gates, audits, bug sweeps) 6. **Complexity / TODO / FIXME / drift / dead code / stale docs / stale research mining** 7. **Concrete feature suggestions** derived from repo purpose when no sharper work exists **Dormancy is last resort.** Empty current queues mean "run the generator layers", not "stop". Only go dormant after the queue layers and generator layers come up em