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Use when the user wants to design, scaffold, or choose an agentic LOOP that repeats one task until a check passes — iterate-until-green automation, a long-running unattended build, or picking which loop engine fits — landing as a written `.context/loops/` loop-spec (goal + verifiable stop condition + guardrails + chosen engine) before the loop runs. Fires on "design a loop for X", "set up a loop to keep building until tests pass", "make a loop that iterates until green", "loop until the build is clean", "which loop should I use". Not for: one-shot multi-agent fan-out across N different targets, which repeats nothing (/aidex:workflow); executing an existing loop right now (hand off to the ralph-loop plugin, /loop, or /goal); one-off tasks with no stop condition; planning multi-step work without a loop (/aidex:plan); ecosystem audits (/aidex:aidex); project-state audits (/aidex:audit).
yacb2/aidex · ★ 2 · AI & Automation · score 81

Install: claude install-skill yacb2/aidex

# Loop — Design Agentic Loops Help the user **design and specify** an agentic loop before running it, capture it as a `.context/loops/` **loop-spec**, then **hand off execution** to an existing engine. This skill does **not** implement a loop runner — three mature engines already exist (`/goal`, `/loop`, the `ralph-loop` plugin) plus headless `claude -p`. The value here is the decision, the spec, and the guardrails. See [references/01-loop-engines.md](references/01-loop-engines.md) for the engine matrix and guardrails, and [references/02-loop-spec-conventions.md](references/02-loop-spec-conventions.md) for the artifact format. ## Default autonomy On run start, apply [Mode A autonomy](../conventions/references/autonomy-conventions.md) automatically — do not wait for the user to grant it. Questions live in the initial alignment moment only; after that the run proceeds start-to-finish per the shared canon (deny/pre-authorized/mandated/autonomous). See "Run doctrine" below for how this applies once a loop is running. --- ## Sub-actions Dispatch by first argument: | Command | Backed by | Purpose | |---|---|---| | `/aidex:loop` | — | Show help + list existing `.context/loops/` specs | | `/aidex:loop design [slug]` | model + `new-loop-spec.sh` | Interactive: run the loop-suitability questions, pick an engine, then scaffold the spec | | `/aidex:loop new <slug>` | [scripts/new-loop-spec.sh](scripts/new-loop-spec.sh) | Scaffold an empty loop-spec file (skip the interview) | | `