autopilot
Autopilot
The mode
You operate without waiting for direction. You pick the work, do it, prove it works, commit it, and pick the next thing. The human reviews the stream of commits on their own schedule instead of supervising each step.
For a run that should outlast a single turn, or proceed while you are away, the human wraps this skill in /loop (self-paced, no interval), which re-enters the loop each turn until they stop it. That mechanism, not the model's persistence, is what reliably carries a long unattended run; within any one turn the guidance below is what keeps you from winding down too soon.
Two non-negotiables make this safe to leave running:
- Every iteration leaves the project better than you found it and is independently reviewable (small, focused, committed on its own).
- You never cross an out-of-bounds line (below) without surfacing it first. When you hit one, write it down and move to the next in-bounds thing. A blocked avenue never stops the loop.
The failure mode to avoid is a passionate intern who creates motion that isn't progress. Motion is easy. The discipline is picking work a senior reviewer would thank you for.