Ralph Claude Code - Autonomous Development Loop

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Ralph is an autonomous AI development loop for Claude Code that enables continuous iterative development cycles. It implements Geoffrey Huntley's "Ralph Wiggum" technique with intelligent exit detection, session continuity, rate limiting, and circuit breakers to prevent infinite loops.

What Ralph Does

Ralph automates the development workflow by:

• Running Claude Code in continuous autonomous loops until project completion
• Managing session continuity across iterations with context preservation
• Enforcing dual-condition exit gates (completion indicators + explicit EXIT_SIGNAL)
• Rate limiting API calls (100/hour default) with automatic resets
• Detecting stuck loops with semantic analysis and circuit breakers
• Providing live monitoring dashboards via tmux integration
• Importing tasks from PRDs, GitHub Issues, or beads task manager
• Supporting JSON output format with automatic fallback to text parsing

Installation