iterative-loop skillA
iterative-loop is agent-read markdown (skill) from jnpiyush/agentx: Implement Ralph Loop iterative refinement for AI agent tasks. Use when a task needs multiple passes to reach quality: TDD red-green-refactor cycles, incremental feature building, self-correcting code generation, or any work with verifiable completion criteria. Covers loop setup, completion promises, progress tracking, and escape hatches..
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What the file says
# Iterative Loop (Ralph Loop) > **Purpose**: Iterative self-referential refinement loops for AI agent tasks. > **Scope**: Loop setup, completion criteria, progress tracking, self-correction patterns. --- ## When to Use This Skill - Tasks requiring multiple passes to reach quality (TDD cycles, refactoring) - Incremental feature building with verifiable milestones - Self-correcting code generation (write -> test -> fix -> repeat) - Any work with clear, machine-verifiable completion criteria - Greenfield implementations where autonomous iteration beats one-shot ## When NOT to Use - One-shot operations (simple file edits, config changes) - Tasks requiring human judgment or design decisions mid-loop - Tasks with unclear or subjective success criteria - Production debugging (use targeted debugging instead) ## Prerequisites - Frontier CLI installed (`.agentx/frontier.ps1` or `.agentx/frontier.sh`) - Clear completion criteria defined before starting - Test framework configured (for TDD loops) ## Rationalization Table The loop is the gate, not a suggestion. Push back against these common ways of skipping it. | Rationalization | Reality | |-----------------|---------| …
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How to install
mdr add jnpiyush/agentx/iterative-loop@v1.0.0mdr add jnpiyush/agentx/iterative-loop@sha256:5b6405dac18e454dPin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
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| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-09-15 | f17c505 | 18,205 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-09-03 | b3f2610 | 18,163 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-26 | 9e356eb | 18,141 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-25 | 5df4fd5 | 18,417 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-05-17 | 4703a79 | 18,430 B | A | view |
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Source
jnpiyush/agentx · 16 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-21 · branch master
API
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