Skillshub continuous-agent-loop

Patterns for continuous autonomous agent loops with quality gates, evals, and recovery controls.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/ComeOnOliver/skillshub
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ComeOnOliver/skillshub "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/affaan-m/everything-claude-code/continuous-agent-loop" ~/.claude/skills/comeonoliver-skillshub-continuous-agent-loop && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/affaan-m/everything-claude-code/continuous-agent-loop/SKILL.md
source content

Continuous Agent Loop

This is the v1.8+ canonical loop skill name. It supersedes

autonomous-loops
while keeping compatibility for one release.

Loop Selection Flow

Start
  |
  +-- Need strict CI/PR control? -- yes --> continuous-pr
  |                                    
  +-- Need RFC decomposition? -- yes --> rfc-dag
  |
  +-- Need exploratory parallel generation? -- yes --> infinite
  |
  +-- default --> sequential

Combined Pattern

Recommended production stack:

  1. RFC decomposition (
    ralphinho-rfc-pipeline
    )
  2. quality gates (
    plankton-code-quality
    +
    /quality-gate
    )
  3. eval loop (
    eval-harness
    )
  4. session persistence (
    nanoclaw-repl
    )

Failure Modes

  • loop churn without measurable progress
  • repeated retries with same root cause
  • merge queue stalls
  • cost drift from unbounded escalation

Recovery

  • freeze loop
  • run
    /harness-audit
  • reduce scope to failing unit
  • replay with explicit acceptance criteria