goal-loop SKILL.md skillA
goal-loop from davidondrej/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add davidondrej/skills/goal-loop@git:20261018.eaed515Pins git:20261018.eaed515 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- davidondrej/skills
- Path
skills/agent-orchestration/goal-loop/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261018.eaed515, committed Oct 18, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 21, 2026
- Size
- 7,656 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,161
- License
- MIT
Draft /goal prompts and explain persistent agent loops. Use for goal or Ralph loops, autonomous run setup, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
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
# Agent `/goal` Loop ## What `/goal` is `/goal` makes an agent persist through `plan → act → test → review → iterate`. If a turn ends before the goal is met, it auto-continues instead of waiting for input. The loop ends at its stop condition, a user pause, or the token budget limit. It is also called the “Ralph loop”. Before giving runtime instructions, check goal support in the installed agent and interface through its help, exposed tools, or current official documentation. Verify feature flags, authentication, and limits; do not transfer one agent's requirements to another. Lifecycle states, budgets, and pause/resume vary by runtime. A goal enforces a contract through verification. It is not a budget command, a safety boundary, “run forever”, or a replacement for `/plan`. ## When to use it Use for repeated autonomous work with a **verifiable stop condition**: passing tests, target coverage, eval ≥ X, or a green build. For code work, establish a working build and relevant checks first. No minimum task duration applies. Fits: migrations, coverage lifts, TDD feature builds, refactors with contract tests, prompt/eval optimization, deploy retry loops, bug-repro-then-fix. …
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How to install
mdr add davidondrej/skills/goal-loop@sha256:2e6120ad119e90aeThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261018.eaed515, 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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The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Sep 21, 2026 and Oct 18, 2026, about one every 9 days.
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| git:20261018.eaed515 latest | 2026-10-18 | eaed515 | 7,656 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260925.41f8784 | 2026-09-25 | 41f8784 | 7,474 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260925.cb72780 | 2026-09-25 | cb72780 | 7,478 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260921.5b5c64b | 2026-09-21 | 5b5c64b | 7,472 B | A | view |
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Source
davidondrej/skills · 4,161 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_onklfud3k4hr52ux GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=davidondrej/skills/goal-loop GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2e6120ad119e90aecb95dff7b561f0781d7ae41818c444985160faa2ded220de
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