Addy Osmani explains loop engineering for running AI agents in repeat cycles
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Addy Osmani describes loop engineering, in which an AI agent repeats act, test, and adjust cycles until a stop condition is met, according to an O'Reilly Radar report.
He says Claude Code provides the /goal and /loop primitives for this, and recommends that a separate agent verify the work. He advises clear, deterministic completion criteria so the loop has an unambiguous point to stop. The report also notes that recurring loops expire after seven days.
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AIAddy Osmani describes loop engineering, where an AI agent repeats act, test, and adjust cycles until a stop condition is met. He says Claude Code offers the /goal and /loop primitives, and that a separate agent should verify the work. He advises clear, deterministic completion criteria and notes that recurring loops expire after seven days.
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