auto-loop SKILL.md skillA

auto-loop from vanducng/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add vanducng/skills/auto-loop@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
vanducng/skills
Path
skills/auto-loop/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Aug 16, 2026
First version recorded
May 24, 2026
Size
5,571 bytes
Repository stars
8
License
MIT

Drive a Claude Code session toward a verifiable goal until done or a hard cap fires - autonomous loop, no user intervention. Use for refactor batches, test-suite green-up runs, migration loops where success is a check command (tests, lint, custom predicate) plus a fresh-context audit. Hosts the loop intra-session via Stop hook with two-vote completion gate; supports optional Codex /goal delegation. For numeric-metric keep/discard loops, use vd:optimize-loop.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# auto-loop

## What this skill is - and isn't

| Skill | Question it answers | Output |
|---|---|---|
| `/loop` | "Re-run this prompt every N minutes." | Cron-style recurrence |
| `/ralph-loop` | "Bash-while loop external to Claude." | Subprocess churn |
| `vd:cook` | "Execute the plan, phase-by-phase, with review gates." | Phased delivery |
| `vd:optimize-loop` | "Improve a measurable metric over N bounded iterations." | Best metric value (auto keep/discard) |
| **`vd:auto-loop`** | **"Drive toward this goal until verified done or a cap fires - no babysitting."** | **Verified completion or graceful drain** |

Auto-loop **pursues**. It does not design (use `vd:brainstorm`/`vd:plan` first) and it does not poll on a clock (use `/loop`). The exit condition is a **two-vote completion gate**: a user-supplied verifier command **and** a fresh-context audit subagent both vote `achieved`.

## Modes

| Flag | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| _(default)_ | Run intra-session loop hosted by Stop hook until two-vote gate or hard cap. |
| `--codex` | Delegate to native Codex `/goal` (requires codex ≥ 0.128.0 + ChatGPT auth). |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add vanducng/skills/auto-loop@sha256:5eb5d68083fb6a1e

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between May 24, 2026 and Aug 16, 2026, about one every 21 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v1.0.0 latest2026-08-16 c83d21b 5,571 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-07-24 51405ee 5,504 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-05-31 8556db2 5,540 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-05-31 6b9fdba 5,535 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-05-24 4ea7a09 5,412 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5571 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

vanducng/skills · 8 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fly6teccpc53l2ym
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vanducng/skills/auto-loop
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5eb5d68083fb6a1e286d22c1ab2133b830a71cc3b94abb791664c7976b5ddbe8

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