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