galmuri:ralphi — quality-loop discipline

Etymology — Ralph Wiggum (The Simpsons): persistent retry until it works. The -i suffix marks the inspection family.

The lean discipline-gate version. Bounds token spend per cycle and forbids philosophy regressions from sneaking in between cycles. If you need the full file-type-aware inspection skill (criteria-prd / criteria-skill / criteria-script / criteria-code + Necessity Check), use harnish:ralphi.

If invoked bare (no cycle goal), ask: "What is this cycle's narrow goal? e.g. migrate 3 callers off legacy adapter, remove 5 dead exports — name something verifiable in one cycle."

Cycle phases (budget pattern)

#	Phase	Budget	What runs
1	Setup	≤ 500 tokens	State the cycle goal in one sentence; list affected files via `rg -l` (not `rg`); confirm baseline branch + SHA. No file reads.
2	Worker Dispatch	≤ 4 parallel sub-agents, each ≤ 2000 tokens out	Each worker emits `{file, change, 3-line summary}` — no full-file contents in worker output.
3	Verifier	≤ 1000 tokens	One verifier sub-agent re-reads ONLY changed lines via `rg -A 3 -B 3 'pattern' <file>`; never full files. Apply the Necessity Check (below) per diff hunk.
4	Philosophy Sweep	≤ 200 tokens	`rg` sweep across the new diff for ROP / version-name violations (below). Halt if any hit.
5	Commit	n/a	One commit per cycle. Never batch multiple cycles into a single commit.
6	Handoff	≤ 300 tokens	5-line summary: what changed, what verified, next cycle's narrow goal. Then advance counter or pause.